Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 124

Adhyāya 129 — त्रिविधधर्म-निर्णयः

Threefold Sources of Dharma; Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti and Ṛṣi-dharma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि हरिणकृशकाख्याने चतुर्विशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi hariṇakṛśakākhyāne caturviśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के अनुशासनपर्व के दानधर्मपर्व में ‘हरिण और कृषक’ नामक आख्यान का एक सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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 on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हरिणकृशकाख्याने: in the narrative called (the tale of) the deer and the farmer
• हरिणकृशकाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिणकृशकाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Hariṇa (deer)
• Kṛśaka (farmer)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the surrounding discourse as instruction on ethical giving (dāna) conveyed through the ‘Deer and Farmer’ episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial/structural closure: it announces that the chapter has concluded and locates it within the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the Dāna-dharma portion and the ‘Hariṇa–Kṛśaka’ tale.