Shloka 95

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि छत्रोपानहोत्पत्तिर्नाम पञ्चनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi chatropānahotpattir nāma pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଅନୁଶାସନପର୍ବର ଦାନଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ ‘ଛତ୍ରୋପାନହୋତ୍ପତ୍ତି’ ନାମକ ପଞ୍ଚାନବେଁ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• छत्रोपानहोत्पत्तिः: the origin of umbrella and footwear
• छत्रोपानहोत्पत्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्रोपानहोत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पञ्चनवतितमः: the ninety-fifth
• पञ्चनवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चनवति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• chatra (umbrella/parasols)
• upānah (footwear)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teachings on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). By naming the chapter’s theme—“the origin of the umbrella and footwear”—it frames everyday protective items as part of a moral discourse on gifts, care, and social duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally states the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parva), and the chapter title and number (95th, ‘Chatra-upānah-utpatti’). It is a structural closing formula rather than a new spoken instruction.