Shloka 122

Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मैत्रेयभिक्षायां द्वाविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maitreya-bhikṣāyāṃ dvāviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിലെ ദാനധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ ‘മൈത്രേയ-ഭിക്ഷ’ എന്ന നൂറ്റി ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

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

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

• द्वाविंशति: twenty-two
• द्वाविंशति: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वाविंशति
• Form: Numeral (indeclinable in classical usage), used in compound

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• अधिक: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Adjectival stem, used in compound (meaning 'in addition')

• शततमः: hundredth (ordinal element)
• शततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (ordinal used with अध्यायः)

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• 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 Dana-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing the text’s instructional focus on the ethics and duty of giving (dāna) as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse functions as an editorial/narrative closure: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the thematic sub-section (Dana-dharma), and the chapter’s topic (“Maitreya’s Alms”), indicating that the chapter has concluded.