Shloka 100

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अंतर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें अगस्त्य और भ्रगुका संवादनामक सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame Agastya-bhṛgu-kā saṃvāda-nāmakaḥ śatamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Anuśāsana Parva—khususnya dalam bahagian tentang dharma pemberian (dāna)—bab yang keseratus, bertajuk “Dialog Agastya dan Bhṛgu”, telah berakhir.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section (parvan)

अगस्त्यAgastya

भृगुकाBhṛgukā

संवादनामकnamed 'dialogue'

शततमःhundredth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Agastya

Bhṛgu

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma Parva

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 functions as a concluding colophon, framing the preceding material as instruction on dāna-dharma—ethical giving as a key component of dharma—presented through the authoritative dialogue of sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma marks the completion of the hundredth chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-focused section, identifying it by title as the dialogue between Agastya and Bhṛgu and formally closing the chapter.