Shloka 42

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने द्विचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulopākhyāne dvicatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने द्विचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः॥

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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 giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विपुलोपाख्याने: in the (sub-)narrative called Vipula
• विपुलोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुलोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विचत्वारिंशः: forty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विचत्वारिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Vipula (upākhyāna/episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the end of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse, specifically situated in the section on dāna-dharma (the ethical principles and merits of giving).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the forty-second chapter of the Vipula episode in the Anuśāsana Parva, indicating a transition point before the next chapter or topic begins.