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Shloka 98

Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि सुवर्णमनुसंवादो नामाष्टनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi suvarṇamanusaṃvādo nāmāṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le quatre-vingt-neuvième chapitre, intitulé « Le dialogue avec Suvarṇa », dans la section Dāna-dharma de l’Anuśāsana Parva du Mahābhārata sacré.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

सुवर्णमनुसंवादःthe dialogue concerning gold (Suvarṇa)

नामby name; called

अष्टनवतितमःthe ninety-eighth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Suvarṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse belongs to the ethical instruction on charity (dāna) as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the formal end of a chapter titled “Suvarṇa-manusaṃvāda” within the Anuśāsana Parva, functioning as an editorial/narrative closure rather than spoken dialogue content.