Shloka 59

अन्नदान-प्रशंसा (Praise of the Gift of Food) | Annadāna-Praśaṃsā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि एकोनषष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the sixty-first chapter in the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: in the great (work)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section (sub-parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनषष्टितमः: the fifty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma (charity ethics) section, framing the preceding discourse as authoritative instruction on righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter of Bhīṣma’s instruction (to Yudhiṣṭhira in the broader Anuśāsana Parva context). The formula 'iti ... adhyāyaḥ' marks the end of the chapter and identifies its placement within the Mahābhārata’s internal divisions.