Shloka 136

अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः

Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि प्रायश्ित्तविधिनाम षट्त्रिंशयधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi prāyaścittavidhīnām ṣaṭtriṃśayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается в «Шри Махабхарате», в Анушасана-парве—в разделе о дхарме даров—сто тридцать шестая глава, излагающая порядок искупления (праяшчитта-видхи).

Word by Word

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

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

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रायश्चित्तविधीनाम्: of the rules/procedures of expiation
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्तविधि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• षट्त्रिंशत्: thirty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to prāyaścitta—ethical and ritual means of expiation. Its core message is that dharma includes not only right conduct but also structured ways to repair moral and social order after transgression.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse (Anuśāsana Parva). Rather than advancing plot, it formally signals the end of the chapter on expiation procedures within the broader discussion of dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving).