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Shloka 109

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विष्णोर्द्धादशकं नाम नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi viṣṇor dvādaśakaṃ nāma navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—dans la section consacrée au dharma du don (dāna)—s’achève le cent-neuvième chapitre, intitulé «Le Dvādaśaka de Viṣṇu» (Les Douze [hymnes/thèmes] de Viṣṇu).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

विष्णोःof Vishnu

द्वादशकम्the set of twelve (twelvefold hymn/section)

नामnamed; by name

नवाधिकशततमःone hundred and ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Viṣṇu

Bhīṣma

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 rather than a teaching verse: it signals that Bhīṣma’s instruction in the dāna-dharma section has concluded a chapter titled “Viṣṇu’s Twelvefold (dvādaśaka).” The ethical frame is that charity (dāna) is presented as a dharmic act closely linked with devotion to Viṣṇu.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s speech reaches the end of a chapter; the text formally records the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter number and title. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker of closure.