Shloka 56

Adhyāya 60: Dāna vs. Yajña—Royal Giving, Protection, and Karmic Share

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें च्यवन और कुशिकका संवादविषयक छतप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavana-kuśika-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter in the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, concerning the dialogue between Cyavana and Kuśika.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• 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

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

• अनुशासनपर्वणः: of the Anushasana Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• च्यवन: Chyavana (sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशिकयोः: of (Chyavana) and Kushika / of Kushika (dual gen.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशिक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

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

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

• षट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed/finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Cyavana
• Kuśika
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section on charity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s framing emphasizes dāna-dharma: giving is a moral discipline, not merely an act of transfer. Its value depends on right intention, worthy recipients, and alignment with dharma, so that generosity strengthens ethical life and social harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse functions as a colophon: it announces the completion of the fifty-sixth chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva, identifying the preceding material as the dialogue between the sage Cyavana and Kuśika.