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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रशंसायां चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapraśaṃsāyāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cent soixante-quatrième chapitre, intitulé «Éloge du Dharma», dans la section consacrée au devoir du don (Dāna-dharma), au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the dharma of giving

धर्मप्रशंसायाम्in (the topic of) praise of dharma

चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Dharma

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to praising dharma, situated within the broader instruction on dāna (charitable giving). It signals that the ethical emphasis of the surrounding discourse is the commendation of righteous conduct, especially generosity as a dharmic duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the verse functions as an editorial/structural closure: it announces the end of the 164th chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva in the Mahābhārata.