Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 162 Shloka 155 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 155

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायु देवता और कार्तवीर्य अर्जुनका संवादविषयक एक सौ पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata Anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargata Dānadharmaparvaṇi Vāyudevatā–Kārtavīryārjuna-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि वायुदेवताकार्तवीर्यार्जुनसंवादविषयकोऽध्यायः पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमः समाप्तः ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma section

वायुदेवताthe wind-god (Vayu)

चand

कार्तवीर्यKartavirya (proper name/epithet)

अर्जुनArjuna (here: Kartavirya Arjuna)

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

एकone

शतhundred

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमone-hundred-and-fifty-fifth

अध्यायchapter

समाप्तcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Vāyu (Vāyudevatā)

Kārtavīrya Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not state a new doctrine but frames the chapter’s purpose: instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) presented through a dialogue model, implying that righteous charity is best understood through exemplars, reasoning, and authoritative discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement marking the completion of the chapter whose subject is the conversation between Vāyu and Kārtavīrya Arjuna, situated within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva.