Shloka 166

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि भीष्मानुज्ञायां षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi bhīṣmānujñāyāṃ ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിലെ ദാനധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ, ഭീഷ്മാനുജ്ഞയുടെ പ്രസംഗത്തിൽ, നൂറ്റി അറുപത്താറാമത്തെ അധ്യായം സമാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of gifts (Dāna-dharma-parvan)

भीष्मानुज्ञायाम्in (the subsection called) Bhīṣmānuज्ञā / Bhīṣma’s permission/assent

षट्षष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-sixty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section)

Bhīṣma

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the chapter as part of the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and locates its ethical emphasis in dāna-dharma (the duty and principles of giving), presented under Bhīṣma’s authoritative instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals the formal close of the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and notes the contextual rubric ‘Bhīṣmānujñāyām,’ indicating that the discourse is delivered with Bhīṣma’s assent/authorization as he instructs on dharma.