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Shloka 43

Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने त्रिचत्वारिंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक तैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulopākhyāne triccatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva, dans la section sur le dharma du don (dāna-dharma), dans l’épisode concernant Vipula, s’achève le quarante-troisième chapitre.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

विपुलोपाख्यानेin the episode (upakhyana) of Vipula

त्रिचत्वारिंशःforty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Vipula

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and signals that the Vipula episode is meant to be read as moral guidance within the Anuśāsana Parva’s teachings on dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker line and colophon indicate closure: the Vipula-related sub-story (upākhyāna) within the dāna-dharma section has reached the end of its chapter, and the text formally marks the completion of the forty-third chapter.