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Shloka 109

अन्नदानफलं (Anna-dāna-phala) / The Fruit of Food-Giving

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विष्णोर्द्धादशकं नाम नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi viṣṇor dvādaśakaṃ nāma navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ ພາກອະນຸສາສະນະ—ໃນຕອນວ່າດ້ວຍທຳແຫ່ງທານ (ດານະທັມມະ)—ບັດນີ້ໄດ້ຈົບລົງ ບົດທີ 109 ຊື່ວ່າ «ວິສນຸທວາດະສະກະ» (ສິບສອງປະການແຫ່ງພຣະວິສນຸ) ແລ້ວ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

विष्णोःof Vishnu

द्वादशकम्the set of twelve (twelvefold hymn/section)

नामnamed; by name

नवाधिकशततमःone hundred and ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Viṣṇu

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals that Bhīṣma’s instruction in the dāna-dharma section has concluded a chapter titled “Viṣṇu’s Twelvefold (dvādaśaka).” The ethical frame is that charity (dāna) is presented as a dharmic act closely linked with devotion to Viṣṇu.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s speech reaches the end of a chapter; the text formally records the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter number and title. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker of closure.