Shloka 21

Śrāddha-kāla, Pātratā (Eligibility), and Phala (Consequences) — श्राद्धकाल-पात्रता-फलनिर्णयः

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें अष्टावक्र और उत्तरदिशाका संवादविषयक इकक्‍्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata-dāna-dharma-parvaṇi aṣṭāvakra-uttara-diśā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the twenty-first chapter in the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with the dialogue between Aṣṭāvakra and the Northern Direction. This closing colophon marks the completion of that chapter within the teaching on the dharma of giving.

Word by Word

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

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

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

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the Dana-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टावक्र: Ashtavakra
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टावक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरदिशा: of the northern direction
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरदिशा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकविंशतितम: twenty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरा: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Aṣṭāvakra
• Uttara-diśā (Northern Direction)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a chapter-ending colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it frames the surrounding material as instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethical duty of giving) presented through the dialogue of Aṣṭāvakra and the personified Northern Direction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the formal close of the twenty-first chapter within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, indicating that the Aṣṭāvakra–Uttara-diśā dialogue topic for that chapter has concluded.