Shloka 12

Daśa-Karmapatha: Restraints of Body, Speech, and Mind (दश कर्मपथ)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें भज़ास्वनका उपाख्यानविषयक बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame bhajāsvanasya upākhyāna-viṣayaka dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் அனுஷாசனபர்வத்தில் உள்ள தானதர்மப் பர்வத்தில், பஜாஸ்வன உபாக்யானத்தின் பன்னிரண்டாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्व: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भङ्गास्वन: of Bhaṅgāsvana (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भङ्गास्वन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यान: of the episode/legend
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Bhajāsvana
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, signaling the completion of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma teachings. Its ethical frame highlights that the surrounding material is meant to instruct on dāna—right giving as a component of dharma—using the Bhajāsvana episode as an illustrative narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative action pauses: the text formally closes the twelfth chapter of the Bhajāsvana episode within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section, in the context of Bhīṣma’s ongoing instruction.