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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि दानधर्मे सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmasvargārohaṇaparvaṇi dānadharme saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் அனுஷாசனப் பர்வத்தில், பீஷ்ம ஸ்வர்காரோஹணப் பர்வத்தில், தானதர்மத்தைப் பற்றிய நூற்று அறுபத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவடைந்தது।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on Bhishma's ascent to heaven

दानधर्मेin the dharma of giving (charity)

सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred and sixty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

Svarga (heaven)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teaching on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). It signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to the Mahābhārata’s instructional material, emphasizing charity as a key component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva, within the sub-section describing Bhīṣma’s final transition and ascent to heaven. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.