Shloka 34

स्त्रीस्वभावप्रश्नः — Nārada and Pañcacūḍā on Strī-svabhāva

Anuśāsana-parva 38

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें पृथ्वी और वायुदेवका संवादविषयक चौतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata-dāna-dharma-parvaṇi pṛthivī-vāyu-deva-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ catuḥtriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ketiga puluh empat dalam bahagian Dāna-dharma di bawah Anuśāsana Parva dalam Mahābhārata yang suci, yang membicarakan dialog antara Dewi Bumi dan Dewa Angin. Ini merupakan kolofon rasmi yang menandai selesainya ajaran tentang pemberian yang benar dan tatanan moral.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Danadharma-parva (section on the duty of giving)

पृथिव्याःof the Earth (goddess)

वायुदेवस्यof the Wind-god

संवादविषयकःconcerning the dialogue

चतुस्त्रिंशत्तमःthirty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःis completed; ended

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Pṛthivī (Earth)

Vāyu-deva (Wind-god)

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter in the Dāna-dharma (charity) teachings, framing the preceding discourse as part of Bhīṣma’s ethical instruction on righteous giving and moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal close for this unit: the text announces that the thirty-fourth chapter—centered on the dialogue between Pṛthivī (Earth) and Vāyu (Wind)—has ended within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section.