Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 163 Shloka 156 - Mahabharata | French | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 156

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपवके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायु देवता और अर्जुनका संवादविषयक एक सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata dāna-dharma-parvaṇi vāyu-devatā-arjuna-saṁvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cent cinquante-sixième chapitre du Mahābhārata, dans l’Anuśāsana Parva, au sein de la section consacrée au dharma du don (dāna-dharma), portant sur le dialogue entre Vāyu, dieu du Vent, et Arjuna.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)

वायुदेवताthe Wind-god (Vayu)

चand

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

संवादविषयकhaving as its subject a dialogue

एकशतषट्पञ्चाशत्तमःone-hundred-and-fifty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

च्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

श्रीमहाभारत (Mahabharata)

अ

अनुशासनपर्व (Anushasana Parva)

द

दानधर्मपर्व (Dana-dharma section)

व

वायु देवता (Vayu)

अ

अर्जुन (Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). It frames the preceding material as moral guidance on righteous charity, presented through a dialogue between a deity (Vayu) and a human exemplar (Arjuna).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement. It announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between Vayu and Arjuna, situated within the Anushasana Parva’s section on charity and dharma, has concluded.