Shloka 127

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि देवरहस्ये सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi devarahasye saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಅನುಶಾಸನಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ದಾನಧರ್ಮಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ‘ದೇವರಹಸ್ಯ’ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದ ನೂರ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೇಳನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತ।

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

• देवरहस्ये: in (the sub-section called) 'Deva-rahasya' (divine secret)
• देवरहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-seventh (chapter)
• सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Deva-rahasya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) presented under the heading ‘Deva-rahasya,’ emphasizing that the chapter’s content belongs to a structured moral-religious teaching within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure of a chapter: it identifies the epic (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma), the sub-topic title (Deva-rahasya), and the chapter count (127th), functioning as an editorial/narrative boundary marker.