Shloka 136
Adhyāya 142: Cyavana, the Devas’ Arrogance, and Vāyu’s Counsel on Protecting Brāhmaṇas
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें प्रायक्षित्तविधि नामक एक सौ छत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāreṇa śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi prāyaścittavidhi-nāmakaḥ ekaśata-ṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le cent trente-sixième chapitre, intitulé «La procédure de l’expiation (prāyaścitta)», dans la section consacrée au dharma du don (dāna-dharma) de l’Anuśāsana Parva du Mahābhārata sacré. La formule de clôture marque l’achèvement de l’enseignement de Bhīṣma sur la manière d’aborder la faute, selon l’éthique, par des actes prescrits d’atonement et de purification.
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon marking the end of a chapter on prāyaścitta (expiation). The ethical thrust is that wrongdoing is not ignored: it is addressed through recognized procedures of atonement and purification, situated within Bhīṣma’s broader instruction on dharma.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the chapter titled “Prāyaścitta-vidhi” has been completed within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva.