Shloka 144

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्व॒रसंवादे चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde catuścatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతంలోని అనుశాసనపర్వమున దానధర్మపర్వములో ఉమా–మహేశ్వర సంభాషణకు సంబంధించిన నూట యాభైవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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 section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: in the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara
• उमामहेश्वरसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमामहेश्वरसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्: forty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dānadharma Parva
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), delivered through the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter of the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue within the Anuśāsana Parva, identifying the work, parva, thematic subsection (dāna-dharma), and the chapter number (150).