Shloka 94

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें शपथविधिनामक चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame śapathavidhināmaka caurānabevāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവത്തിലെ ദാനധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ‘ശപഥവിധി’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള തൊണ്ണൂറ്റിനാലാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)

शपथविधिनामकःnamed 'Shapatha-vidhi' (oath-procedure)

चतुरनवतितमःninety-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Agastya

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Śapatha-vidhi (procedure of oaths)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure, but it highlights the ethical seriousness of śapatha-vidhi—regulated, truthful oath-taking—within the broader framework of dāna-dharma, where integrity and accountability are essential to righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the chapter titled “Śapatha-vidhi” (Procedure of Oaths) within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, marking the end of that instructional segment.