Shloka 159

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें दुवासाकी भिक्षा नामक एक सौ उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi durvāsāyā bhikṣā nāmaka ekaśata-unasaṭtamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-159, bertajuk “Sedekah Durvāsā”, dalam bahagian Dāna-dharma di bawah Anuśāsana Parva, dalam Mahābhārata yang suci.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section/parvan on the duty of giving

दुर्वाससःof Durvasa

भिक्षाalms; begging

नामकःnamed/called

एकःone

शतhundred

एकोनषष्टितमःone-hundred-and-fifty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcomplete/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Durvāsā

Character Dynamics

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 concluding colophon, the verse primarily marks the end of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma teachings, emphasizing that the surrounding narrative is meant to instruct on righteous giving (dāna), proper reception of guests and mendicants (bhikṣā), and the ethical obligations tied to generosity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The line is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial-style closure: it announces that the chapter titled “Durvāsā’s Alms” has ended within the Anuśāsana Parva’s charity-focused section.