Shloka 28

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें इन्द्र और मतज्ञका संवादविषयक अट्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi indra-matijña-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ aṣṭāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रमतिज्ञसंवादे अष्टाविंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma Parva

इन्द्रIndra

चand

मतज्ञthe knower of opinions/doctrines (Matagya)

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

अष्टाविंशतितमःtwenty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Indra

Matijña

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma Parva

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?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter within the Dānadharma section; it frames the preceding material as instruction on the dharma of giving, guided by discernment (mati) and ethical judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter that presented a dialogue between Indra and Matijña; the text formally closes that unit by naming the parva/section and the chapter number.