Shloka 152

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायुदेवता और अजुनिके संवादके प्रसंगमें ब्राह्मणोंका माहात्म्यविषयक एक सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvake antargata dāna-dharma-parvame vāyu-devatā aura arjunake saṁvāda-ke prasaṅgame brāhmaṇānāṁ māhātmya-viṣayaka eka-śata bāvanvāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento cincuenta y dos, sobre la grandeza de los brahmanes, incluido en la sección del Dāna-dharma del Anuśāsana Parva del venerable Śrī Mahābhārata, en el marco del diálogo entre el dios del Viento (Vāyu) y Arjuna. Esta fórmula de cierre señala la culminación de una unidad didáctica que presenta la generosidad y la recta conducta como inseparables de la reverencia hacia los brahmanes, doctos y disciplinados.

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 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वायुदेवता: by/with Vāyu-deity (Wind-god)
• वायुदेवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेवता
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्जुन: by/with Arjuna
• अर्जुन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संवाद: of the dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रसङ्ग: in the context/occasion
• प्रसङ्ग: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मण: of the Brāhmaṇas
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• माहात्म्य: greatness; glory
• माहात्म्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• पूर्ण: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Arjuna
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon frames the chapter’s ethical thrust: within the dharma of giving, honoring and supporting worthy Brahmins (as exemplars of learning, restraint, and ritual-ethical discipline) is presented as a meritorious act that sustains social and spiritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a closing statement marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It situates the completed chapter within the episode of a discourse between Vāyu and Arjuna, and identifies the chapter’s topic as the glorification of Brahmins.