Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 115

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें मांसभक्षणका निषेधविषयक एक सौ पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata-dāna-dharma-parvaṇi māṁsa-bhakṣaṇa-niṣedha-viṣayaka eka-śata-paṅca-daśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਦਾਨਧਰਮ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਾਸ-ਭੱਖਣ ਨਿਸ਼ੇਧ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਇੱਕ ਸੌ ਪੰਦਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Word by Word

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

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

• 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: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• मांसभक्षणनिषेधविषयकः: concerning the prohibition of eating meat
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांसभक्षणनिषेधविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतपञ्चदशः: one hundred and fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतपञ्चदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma-parva (section)
• Māṁsa-bhakṣaṇa-niṣedha (prohibition of meat-eating)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s stated theme is the niṣedha (prohibition) of māṁsa-bhakṣaṇa (meat-eating), presenting abstention as an ethical discipline consistent with dharma, especially within a didactic context on right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a colophon-like closing statement: it announces that the 115th chapter—within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section and focused on prohibiting meat-eating—has been completed.