Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 158 Shloka 152 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 152

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादे ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्ये द्विपज्चाशदधिकशततमोड<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvāde brāhmaṇamāhātmye dvipañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಅನುಶಾಸನಪರ್ವದ ದಾನಧರ್ಮಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಪವನ-ಅರ್ಜುನ ಸಂವಾದದಲ್ಲಿ, ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಮಾಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದ ನೂರ ಐವತ್ತೆಂಟನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

पवनार्जुनसंवादेin the dialogue of Pavana and Arjuna

ब्राह्मणमाहात्म्येin (the section on) the greatness of the Brāhmaṇa

द्विपञ्चाशत्fifty-two

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma-parva

Pavana (Vāyu)

Arjuna

Brāhmaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon summarizing the chapter’s ethical frame: it belongs to the dharma of giving (dāna-dharma) and highlights the revered status and significance of the Brāhmaṇa, presented through an instructive dialogue between Pavana (Vāyu) and Arjuna.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse functions as an end-of-chapter marker, identifying the textual setting: Anuśāsana Parva, the dāna-dharma section, within the Pavana–Arjuna conversation, specifically the portion describing the ‘greatness of the Brāhmaṇa,’ and it closes Chapter 158.