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Shloka 101

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि राजन्यचाण्डालसंवादो नामैकोत्तरशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi rājanya-cāṇḍāla-saṃvādo nāma ekottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతంలోని అనుశాసనపర్వమున దానధర్మపర్వాంతర్గతంగా ‘క్షత్రియుడు (రాజన్యుడు) మరియు చాండాలుని సంభాషణ’ అనే నూట ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Sri'

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

राजन्यचाण्डालसंवादःthe dialogue between a Kshatriya and a Chandala

नामby name; called

एकone

उत्तरशततमःone-hundred-and-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma-parva

Rājanya (Kṣatriya)

Cāṇḍāla

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the instructional dialogue on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) between a Kṣatriya and a Cāṇḍāla has concluded, framing the preceding discussion as authoritative guidance within Bhīṣma’s teachings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter. The text formally closes Adhyāya 101 of the dāna-dharma section, identifying the completed unit as the “Rājanya–Cāṇḍāla dialogue.”