Shloka 163

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रशंसायां त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें धर्मकी प्रशंशाविषयक एक सौ तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapraśaṃsāyāṃ triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Anuśāsana Parva—khususnya dalam bahagian dāna-dharma—bab yang dikhususkan untuk pujian terhadap dharma berakhir sebagai bab ke-seratus enam puluh tiga. Kolofon menandai selesainya unit ini, menegaskan bahawa wacana ini bertujuan mengukuhkan dharma sebagai ukuran penuntun bagi perilaku yang benar, terutama melalui kedermawanan dan kewajiban yang saleh.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: in (the topic of) praise of dharma
• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-sixty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Dharma
• Bhīṣma (as speaker, per metadata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon that frames the teaching as 'dharma-praśaṃsā'—the praise and affirmation of dharma—situated within the dāna-dharma context, implying that righteous giving and adherence to duty are central expressions of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva. It signals that the discourse (attributed to Bhīṣma in the surrounding narrative) has completed a unit focused on dharma, especially as articulated through the ethics of giving.