Shloka 118
Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna
Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि कीटोपाख्याने अष्टादशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें कीड़ेका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi kīṭopākhyāne aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Anuśāsana Parva—khususnya dalam bahagian dharma pemberian (dāna-dharma)—episod yang dikenali sebagai “Kisah Cacing/Serangga” (kīṭa-upākhyāna) berakhir di sini, menandai lengkapnya bab yang ke-118. Kolofon ini menegaskan penutupan satu unit ajaran yang berpusat pada nilai etika dan keagamaan kemurahan hati.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of a chapter within the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) material. Its function is to frame the preceding narrative as an ethical instruction on generosity and merit.
The narrator (Vyāsa) closes the unit by formally announcing that the Kīṭopākhyāna episode has concluded and that the 118th chapter of this section is complete.