Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रशंसायां चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapraśaṃsāyāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth chapter, titled “Praise of Dharma,” within the section on the duties of giving (Dāna-dharma) in the Anuśāsana Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 section (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: in (the topic of) praise of dharma
• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to praising dharma, situated within the broader instruction on dāna (charitable giving). It signals that the ethical emphasis of the surrounding discourse is the commendation of righteous conduct, especially generosity as a dharmic duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the verse functions as an editorial/structural closure: it announces the end of the 164th chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva in the Mahābhārata.