Shloka 51

Cyavana’s Yogic Display and Kuśika’s Recognition of Tapas (च्यवन-योगप्रभावः कुशिकस्य तपःप्रशंसा च)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि च्यवनोपाख्याने एकपज्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanopākhyāne ekapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—plus précisément dans la section consacrée au dharma du don (dāna-dharma)—dans l’épisode concernant Cyavana, s’achève le cinquante et unième chapitre.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the (section called) Dana-dharma Parva
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च्यवनोपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Chyavana
• च्यवनोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Cyavana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching context as part of Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving) and locates it within the Cyavana episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text signals that the fifty-first chapter of the Cyavana-related sub-narrative, situated in the charity-and-duty section of the Anuśāsana Parva, has ended.