Shloka 44

Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विवाहधर्मका वर्णनविषयक चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame vivāhadharmasya varṇanaviṣayakaś catuścatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

かくして、尊き『マハーバーラタ』のアヌシャーサナ・パルヴァにおける「布施と法（ダーナ・ダルマ）」の部に属する、婚姻のダルマを説く第四十四章は終わる。

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

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

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parva/episode)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विवाहधर्मस्य: of the duty/law of marriage
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाहधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनविषयकः: having as its subject the description (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed; finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Vivāha-dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is vivāha-dharma (marriage duties). Its ethical import is structural—framing marriage as a domain of dharma within the larger instructional discourse of Anuśāsana Parva and within the dāna-dharma section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, indicating that the exposition on marriage-related duties within the dāna-dharma division of Anuśāsana Parva has concluded at this point.