Shloka 34

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे चतुस्त्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pṛthvī-vāsudeva-saṃvāde catuḥstriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Anuśāsana Parva—en particular, en la sección sobre el dharma del dar (Dāna-dharma)—concluye el trigésimo cuarto capítulo, presentado como el diálogo entre la Tierra (Pṛthvī) y Vāsudeva. Este colofón marca el cierre del marco de enseñanza en el que los principios éticos de la caridad se exponen mediante una conversación sagrada.

Word by Word

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

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

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pṛthvī and Vāsudeva
• पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुस्त्रिंशः: thirty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pṛthvī (Earth)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the ethical instruction as belonging to the dāna-dharma (the duty and right practice of giving) and situates it within a sacred dialogue, underscoring that charity is treated as a formal, scripturally grounded component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it announces that, within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity, the chapter connected with the conversation between Pṛthvī (Earth) and Vāsudeva has concluded.