Shloka 91

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि श्राद्धकल्पे एकनवतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrāddhakalpe ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Anuśāsana Parva—di bagian Dharma tentang pemberian—berakhirlah bab ke-91 mengenai tata cara (kalpa) śrāddha.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• श्राद्धकल्पे: in the Śrāddha-kalpa (rules for śrāddha)
• श्राद्धकल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकनवतितमः: ninety-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Śrāddha (rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-kalpa (the prescribed procedure for ancestral rites) within the broader teaching on dāna-dharma. Its ethical frame is that ritual duty toward ancestors is treated as a form of dharma closely linked with giving and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse (within Anuśāsana Parva) reaches the end of the ninety-first chapter devoted to śrāddha procedures, formally concluding that unit of teaching.