Shloka 116

Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: On the Superiority of Giving

Maitreya–Vyāsa Exemplum

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्म पर्वमें अहिंसाके फलका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi ahiṁsāyāḥ phala-varṇana-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣoḍaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນມະຫາພາຣະຕະອັນສັກສິດ ພາຍໃນອະນຸສາສະນະປະວະ ໃນພາກວ່າດ້ວຍທຳແຫ່ງການໃຫ້ (ດານະທຳ) ບົດທີ 116 ອັນອຸທິດແກ່ການພັນລະນາຜົນແຫ່ງອະຫິງສາ (ການບໍ່ເຮັດຮ້າຍ) ກໍສິ້ນສຸດລົງແລ້ວ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारते: in the great glorious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहा-भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासन-पर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासन-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दान-धर्म-पर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दान-धर्म-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहिंसा-फल-वर्णन-विषयकः: concerning the description of the fruit of non-violence
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहिंसा-फल-वर्णन-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक-शत-षोडशः: one hundred and sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-शत-षोडश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Ahiṁsā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This closing colophon highlights the chapter’s ethical focus: the fruits (phala) of ahiṁsā—non-violence—as a central dharmic virtue, presented within the broader instruction on righteous conduct and charitable duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, this line functions as a formal end-of-chapter marker, stating that the 116th chapter—on describing the results of non-violence—has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dana-dharma section.