Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 133

Adhyāya 138: Vāyu’s Exempla on Brāhmaṇa-Prabhāva and a Cosmological Clarification

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महादेवरहस्ये त्रयस्त्रिंशयदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi mahādevarahasye trayastriṁśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the Dharma of giving—this chapter of the “Secret of Mahādeva”, being the one hundred and thirty-third chapter.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महादेवरहस्ये: in the 'Secret of Mahādeva' (section)
• महादेवरहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवरहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्: thirty-three
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

महेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the surrounding discourse as part of dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and links it to the ‘Mahādeva-rahasya’, indicating a devotional-ethical context centered on Śiva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter and identifying its location within the Mahābhārata’s structure: Anuśāsana Parva → dāna-dharma section → Mahādeva-rahasya, specifying that this is the 133rd chapter.