Shloka 12

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

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతం అనుశాసనపర్వాంతర్గత దానధర్మపర్వంలో భజాస్వనోపాఖ్యానమునకు సంబంధించిన ద్వాదశోధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वin the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वin the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)

भङ्गास्वनof Bhaṅgāsvana (proper name)

उपाख्यानof the episode/legend

विषयकconcerning/relating to

द्वादशtwelfth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Bhajāsvana

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.