Shloka 86

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि तारकवधोपाख्यानं नाम षडशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi tārakavadhopākhyānaṃ nāma ṣaḍaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിന്റെ അന്തർഗതമായ ദാനധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ ‘താരകവധോപാഖ്യാനം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള എൺപത്തിയാറാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

तारकवधोपाख्यानम्the episode (upākhyāna) of the slaying of Tāraka

नामnamed; called

षडशीतितमःeighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Tāraka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section, framing the preceding story as an instructive exemplum: narratives are presented as vehicles for dharma-teaching, here situated under the ethical domain of giving and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: it announces that the episode called “Tāraka’s slaying” has concluded and identifies its placement—within the Anuśāsana Parva, in the Dāna-dharma subsection—as the eighty-sixth chapter.