Shloka 52

Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे द्विपज्चाशत्तमोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanakuśikasaṃvāde dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—plus précisément dans la section sur le dharma des dons (dāna-dharma)—dans le dialogue entre Cyavana et Kuśika, s’achève le cinquante-deuxième chapitre.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Cyavana and Kuśika
• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनकुशिकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विपञ्चाशत्तम
• 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
• Cyavana
• Kuśika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) section; it frames the surrounding teaching as authoritative instruction on charitable duty within a sage–king dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the fifty-second chapter of the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma portion, indicating a formal transition point in Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.