Shloka 151

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्राह्मणप्रशंशायामेकपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇapraśaṃsāyām ekapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Anuśāsana Parva, en la sección sobre el dharma del dar (Dāna-dharma), el capítulo relativo a la alabanza de los brāhmaṇas—el capítulo ciento cincuenta y uno—llega a su fin.» Este colofón final enmarca la enseñanza como parte de un discurso ético mayor: la generosidad guiada por el dharma y la reverencia hacia quienes custodian el saber y la responsabilidad ritual.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: in the praise of the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकपञ्चाशत्: fifty-one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure and situates the preceding instruction within dāna-dharma and brāhmaṇa-praśaṃsā: giving should be aligned with dharma, and society is urged to honor learned custodians of sacred knowledge and ritual duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal endpoint: the text announces that the 151st chapter—on praising brāhmaṇas within the dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has concluded.