Shloka 44

Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विवाहधर्मका वर्णनविषयक चौवालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame vivāhadharmasya varṇanaviṣayakaś catuścatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o quadragésimo quarto capítulo, que descreve o dharma do matrimônio, na seção de Dāna-dharma do Anuśāsana Parva do venerável Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma section (parva/episode)

विवाहधर्मस्यof the duty/law of marriage

वर्णनविषयकःhaving as its subject the description (of)

चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमःforty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरितःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Vivāha-dharma

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

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 whose subject is vivāha-dharma (marriage duties). Its ethical import is structural—framing marriage as a domain of dharma within the larger instructional discourse of Anuśāsana Parva and within the dāna-dharma section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, indicating that the exposition on marriage-related duties within the dāna-dharma division of Anuśāsana Parva has concluded at this point.