Shloka 66

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así termina el capítulo sexagésimo sexto de la sección Dāna-dharma del Anuśāsana Parva del venerable Mahābhārata. Este colofón marca el cierre de la instrucción de Bhīṣma, situando la enseñanza dentro del discurso ético sobre los dones y la conducta recta.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• षट्षष्टितमः: sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्षष्टितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals the completion of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma discourse, emphasizing that the surrounding material belongs to the ethical framework of righteous giving and conduct taught in the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter by naming the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the internal section (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter count (sixty-sixth), marking a transition point before the next chapter begins.