Shloka 117

Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna

Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें कीटका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi kīṭakopākhyānaviṣayaka ekaśata-saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and seventeenth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, within the section on the Dharma of Giving, specifically concerning the episode (upākhyāna) of the insect (kīṭaka).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गते: included; contained (within)
• अन्तर्गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of gifts (Dāna-dharma-parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कीटक-उपाख्यान-विषयकः: concerning the episode (upākhyāna) of Kīṭaka
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तदश: seventeen
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तदश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरितः: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

कीट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Kīṭaka (the insect, as the upākhyāna subject)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dana-dharma section, reinforcing that the surrounding narrative is meant to instruct on the ethics and religious merit of giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding the chapter: it states that the 117th chapter, dealing with the Kītaka-related episode within the Dana-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, has been completed.