Shloka 102

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि हस्तिकूटो नाम दयथधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi hastikūṭo nāma adhyāyaḥ pañcādhikaśatatamaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവത്തിൽ, ദാനധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ, ‘ഹസ്തികൂട’ എന്ന നൂറ്റിയഞ്ചാം അധ്യായം സമാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; end-quote 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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (sub-parva)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हस्तिकूटः: Hastikuta (name/title)
• हस्तिकूटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिकूट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• द्व्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and second
• द्व्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्व्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Hastikūṭa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the section on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). Its function is to frame the preceding discourse as authoritative instruction on charitable duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal closing formula: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the sub-section (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter title (Hastikūṭa), stating that the 105th chapter has concluded.