Shloka 124

Adhyāya 129 — त्रिविधधर्म-निर्णयः

Threefold Sources of Dharma; Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti and Ṛṣi-dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि हरिणकृशकाख्याने चतुर्विशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi hariṇakṛśakākhyāne caturviśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-twenty-fourth (124th) chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the dharma of gifts (dāna-dharma), in the episode known as “The Deer and the Farmer.”

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हरिणकृशकाख्याने: in the narrative called (the tale of) the deer and the farmer
• हरिणकृशकाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिणकृशकाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Hariṇa (deer)
• Kṛśaka (farmer)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the surrounding discourse as instruction on ethical giving (dāna) conveyed through the ‘Deer and Farmer’ episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial/structural closure: it announces that the chapter has concluded and locates it within the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the Dāna-dharma portion and the ‘Hariṇa–Kṛśaka’ tale.