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Shloka 136

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि प्रायश्ित्तविधिनाम षट्त्रिंशयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi prāyaścittavidhīnām ṣaṭtriṃśayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Anuśāsana Parva—en la sección sobre el dharma de los dones—el capítulo ciento treinta y seis, titulado sobre los procedimientos de expiación (prāyaścitta-vidhi).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

प्रायश्चित्तविधीनाम्of the rules/procedures of expiation

षट्त्रिंशत्thirty-six

अधिकadditional; more

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to prāyaścitta—ethical and ritual means of expiation. Its core message is that dharma includes not only right conduct but also structured ways to repair moral and social order after transgression.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse (Anuśāsana Parva). Rather than advancing plot, it formally signals the end of the chapter on expiation procedures within the broader discussion of dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving).