Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि दानधर्मे सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmasvargārohaṇaparvaṇi dānadharme saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಅನುಶಾಸನಪರ್ವದ ಭೀಷ್ಮಸ್ವರ್ಗಾರೋಹಣಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ದಾನಧರ್ಮವಿಷಯಕ ನೂರ ಅರವತ್ತೇಳನೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತಿಯಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on Bhishma's ascent to heaven
• भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मे: in the dharma of giving (charity)
• दानधर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teaching on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). It signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to the Mahābhārata’s instructional material, emphasizing charity as a key component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva, within the sub-section describing Bhīṣma’s final transition and ascent to heaven. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.