Shloka 38

Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पञचचूडानारदसंवादे अष्टत्रिंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pañcacūḍānāradasaṃvāde aṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the dharma of gifts (dāna-dharma), in the dialogue between Pañcacūḍā and Nārada. This closing colophon signals the completion of a unit of teaching on ethical giving and its religious merit, framed as instruction transmitted through revered speakers.

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

• पञ्चचूडानारदसंवादे: in the dialogue of Panchachuda and Narada
• पञ्चचूडानारदसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चचूडा-नारद-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टत्रिंशः: thirty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टत्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pañcacūḍā
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) instruction. Its function is to frame the preceding material as authoritative teaching on righteous charity and its moral-spiritual value.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: the chapter concludes within the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the Pañcacūḍā–Nārada dialogue. It is a formal editorial/narrative marker rather than a new doctrinal verse.