Shloka 44

Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विवाहधर्मका वर्णनविषयक चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame vivāhadharmasya varṇanaviṣayakaś catuścatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the forty-fourth chapter on the dharma of marriage, within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parva/episode)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विवाहधर्मस्य: of the duty/law of marriage
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाहधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनविषयकः: having as its subject the description (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Vivāha-dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is vivāha-dharma (marriage duties). Its ethical import is structural—framing marriage as a domain of dharma within the larger instructional discourse of Anuśāsana Parva and within the dāna-dharma section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, indicating that the exposition on marriage-related duties within the dāna-dharma division of Anuśāsana Parva has concluded at this point.