Shloka 94

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि शपथविधिनाम चतुर्नवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śapathavidhināṃ caturṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так, в «Шри Махабхарате», в Анушасана-парве — в особенности в разделе о дхарме даров (dāna-dharma) — завершается девяносто четвёртая глава, посвящённая надлежащим порядкам и правилам, касающимся клятв. Этот колофон знаменует окончание назидательного раздела, где нравственное поведение утверждается через упорядоченную речь и торжественные обеты.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (quotative/closure particle)

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• शपथविधीनाम्: of the procedures/rites of oaths
• शपथविधीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथविधि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• चतुर्नवतितमः: the ninety-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अगस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Śapatha-vidhi (oath procedures)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line primarily signals closure, but it points to the ethical focus of the chapter: the disciplined use of oaths (śapatha) under prescribed rules (vidhi), implying that truth-commitments and solemn speech are part of dharma, especially in contexts like charity and social obligation.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a spoken narrative verse but a concluding colophon: it announces that, within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and the dāna-dharma section, the ninety-fourth chapter—on procedures concerning oaths—has ended.