Shloka 48

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विवाहधर्मके प्रसंगमें वर्णयंकरकी उत्पत्तिका वर्णणविषयक अड्भधतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargata Dānadharmaparvaṇi vivāhadharmaprasange varṇasaṅkarotpattikāvarṇanaviṣayakaḥ aṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଅନୁଶାସନପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦାନଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ, ବିବାହଧର୍ମ ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ, ବର୍ଣ୍ଣସଙ୍କର ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତିର ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନାବିଷୟକ ଅଠଚାଳିଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included / contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section (parva) on the duty of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विवाहधर्मप्रसङ्गे: in the context of the duty of marriage
• विवाहधर्मप्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाहधर्मप्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वर्णशङ्करस्य: of varṇa-saṅkara (mixed castes)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णशङ्कर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्तेः: of the origin
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनविषयकः: having as its subject the description
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टचत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टचत्वारिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• vivāha-dharma
• varṇa-saṅkara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction concerns vivāha-dharma (marital duty) and the ethical-social consequences associated with varṇa-saṅkara, emphasizing that marriage conduct is treated as a dharmic matter with wider societal implications.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the completion of the forty-eighth chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section, noting that the chapter’s topic was the description of the origin of varṇa-saṅkara in the context of marriage duties.