Shloka 1970

Devanagari script

ऑफ बछ। ही. 7-78... १78... || अनुशासनपर्व सम्पूर्णम्‌ ।।

Transliteration

oṃ bacha. hī. 7-78... 178... || anuśāsanaparva sampūrṇam ||

Translation

इति गीता-प्रेस-मुद्रितपाठे अनुशासनपर्वसमाप्तिसूचकः कोलोफोनः सम्पादकीयश्च लेखः। अत्र न कश्चिदाख्यानप्रसङ्गो न वा धर्मोपदेशः; केवलं छन्दोगणना-श्लोकसंख्या-प्रभृतयः विवरणाः, उत्तर-दक्षिण-भारतीयपाठभेदानुसारं विन्यस्ताः।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'anuśāsana-parva', 'definition': '‘Book of Instructions’

• the Mahābhārata parva focused on Bhīṣma’s teachings on dharma, gifts, vows, conduct, and social-religious duties.'}, {'term': 'sampūrṇam', 'definition': 'completed

• finished (a colophon marker at the end of a section).'}, {'term': 'anuṣṭubh', 'definition': 'the common śloka metre (typically 32 syllables per verse).'}, {'term': 'chandas', 'definition': 'metre

• poetic prosody.'}, {'term': 'uttara-bhāratīya pāṭha', 'definition': 'North Indian recension/textual tradition.'}, {'term': 'dakṣiṇa-bhāratīya pāṭha', 'definition': 'South Indian recension/textual tradition.'}, {'term': 'śloka-saṅkhyā (implied)', 'definition': 'verse count/tally (here given as editorial totals).'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana (speaker label, though the printed line is editorial/colophon)
• Anuśāsana Parva
• North Indian recension (uttara-bhāratīya pāṭha)
• South Indian recension (dakṣiṇa-bhāratīya pāṭha)
• Anuṣṭubh metre

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse; it is a colophon/editorial note indicating the end of the Anuśāsana Parva and giving metrical/verse-count information across recensions.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The printed material marks the conclusion of the parva and summarizes how verses are counted (e.g., treating larger metres by converting to anuṣṭubh-equivalent counts) and lists totals for different regional textual traditions.