Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 112

मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें संसारचक्रविषयक एक सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargataṁ dāna-dharma-parvaṇi saṁsāra-cakra-viṣayaka eka-śata-dvādaśatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਦਾਨਧਰਮ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਸਾਰ-ਚੱਕਰ ਵਿਸ਼ਯਕ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਬਾਰ੍ਹਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणः: of the Anushasana Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गतः: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• संसारचक्रविषयकः: concerning the cycle of worldly existence
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसारचक्रविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelve
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Saṁsāra-cakra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter focused on saṁsāra (the cycle of worldly existence) within the broader ethical instruction of dāna-dharma (the duty and value of giving).

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the story, the text signals closure: it announces that the 112th chapter on the theme of the saṁsāra-cakra, situated within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, has ended.