Shloka 126

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें देवताओंका रहस्यविषयक एक सौ छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrī-mahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antar-gate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi devatānāṃ rahasya-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaḍ-viṃśatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-sixth chapter on the secret concerning the gods, within the section on the dharma of giving, contained in the Anuśāsana Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्री: glory; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

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

• देवतायाः: of the deity/deities
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• रहस्यविषयकः: concerning the secret/mystery
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्यविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतषड्विंशतितमः: one hundred and twenty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषड्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma-parva
• Devatāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), framing the preceding discourse as an authoritative, structured teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the 126th chapter—described as dealing with a ‘secret concerning the gods’—has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dana-dharma section.