Shloka 107

Anuśāsana-parva Adhyāya 112: Dharma as the sole companion; karmic witnesses; rebirth sequences

Bṛhaspati–Yudhiṣṭhira Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें उपवासकी विधिनामक एक सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi upavāsasya vidhināmaka ekaśatasaptatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവാന്തർഗത ദാനധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ‘ഉപവാസവിധി’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള നൂറ്റിയേഴാമത്തെ അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• उपवासविधिनामकः: named 'the rule of fasting'
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवासविधिनामक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतसप्तमः: one hundred and seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतसप्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Upavāsa (fasting)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter that teaches the prescribed method of fasting (upavāsa) as part of ethical discipline and the broader dharma of giving (dāna-dharma), emphasizing regulated self-restraint as a supportive practice for righteousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an editorial/narrative closing line indicating that Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse has completed the chapter titled “Upavāsa-vidhi” within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva.