Shloka 121

Sāma (Sāntva) and Dāna: The Brāhmaṇa’s Conciliatory Release from a Rākṣasa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मैत्रेयभिक्षायामेकविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maitreya-bhikṣāyām ekaviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിൽ ദാനധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിലെ ‘മൈത്രേയ-ഭിക്ഷ’ എന്ന നൂറ്റി ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: in (the episode/chapter of) Maitreya's alms-request
• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयभिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकविंशति: twenty-one
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: one-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

मैत्रेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Maitreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the section on dāna-dharma (the ethical discipline of giving). Its function is to frame the preceding discourse as authoritative instruction on charity and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs here; it is an editorial/structural closing formula. It identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the thematic sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s topic label (“Maitreya’s alms”), along with the chapter number.