Shloka 17

सहधर्म-प्रश्नः तथा अष्टावक्रोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः

Inquiry on Sahadharma and the Opening of the Aṣṭāvakra Narrative

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महादेवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रे सप्तदशोड्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi mahādevasahasranāmastotre saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the seventeenth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, within the section on the dharma of gifts, in the hymn of the thousand names of Mahādeva (Śiva).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• महादेवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रे: in the hymn of the thousand names of Mahadeva
• महादेवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवसहस्रनामस्तोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तदश: seventeenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Sahasranāma-stotra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Mahādeva-sahasranāma hymn, situated in the broader discussion of dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). Its function is structural: it frames the hymn as part of the Mahābhārata’s instructional discourse on dharma and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text signals completion: it announces that the seventeenth chapter of the Mahādeva-sahasranāma-stotra section has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma portion.