Shloka 63

Pānīya-dāna and Anna-dāna: The Primacy of Life-Sustaining Gifts (पानीयदान-प्रशंसा / अन्नदान-प्रशंसा)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि अन्नदानप्रशंसायां त्रिषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें अन्नदानकी प्रशंसाविषयक तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi annadānapraśaṃsāyāṃ triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि अन्नदानप्रशंसायां त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ॥

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 Dāna-dharma section (parvan/sub-parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्नदानप्रशंसायाम्: in the praise of food-giving
• अन्नदानप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नदानप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषष्टितमः: sixty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Annadāna (gift of food)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The chapter’s closing colophon highlights annadāna—feeding others—as a highly praised form of dāna (charity), framing it as a central ethical duty within dāna-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is not a new spoken verse but an editorial/recitational closing marker stating that the sixty-third chapter on the praise of food-giving, within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, has ended.