Shloka 142

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्व॒रसंवादे द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde dvi-catvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Так, в священной «Махабхарате», в составе Анушасана-парвы (Anuśāsana Parva), в разделе о дхарме дарения (dāna-dharma), в беседе Умы и Махешвары (Umā–Maheśvara) завершается сто сорок вторая глава. (Колофон печатного издания также повторяет, что эта глава о диалоге Умы—Махешвары, под разделом Dāna-dharma, окончена.)

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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 gifts
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Uma and Maheshvara
• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमामहेश्वरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विचत्वारिंशत्-अधिक-शततमः: the one hundred and forty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विचत्वारिंशत् + अधिक + शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma section (Dānadharma Parva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the teaching context as dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue, emphasizing that the surrounding instruction belongs to the moral discipline of generosity and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it formally states that, within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and its dāna-dharma section, the chapter connected with the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara has ended (the 142nd chapter as counted in this internal sequence/colophon tradition).