Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादे त्रिपण्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvāde tripañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of giving—concludes the dialogue between Pavana (the Wind-god) and Arjuna, marking the one-hundred-and-fifty-third chapter (i.e., the 153rd chapter).

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• 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-parvan
• 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

• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pavana and Arjuna
• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवनार्जुनसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशत्: fifty-three
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the ethical setting by locating the discourse in the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding teaching concerns the right principles and spirit of giving as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals a formal close: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the thematic subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the speakers (Pavana and Arjuna), and then marks the chapter count, indicating the end of that chapter in the Pavana–Arjuna dialogue sequence.