Shloka 152

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायुदेवता और अजुनिके संवादके प्रसंगमें ब्राह्मणोंका माहात्म्यविषयक एक सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvake antargata dāna-dharma-parvame vāyu-devatā aura arjunake saṁvāda-ke prasaṅgame brāhmaṇānāṁ māhātmya-viṣayaka eka-śata bāvanvāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత అనుశాసనపర్వంలోని దానధర్మపర్వంలో వాయుదేవుడు–అర్జునుల సంభాషణ సందర్భంలో బ్రాహ్మణమాహాత్మ్య విషయక నూట యాభై రెండవ అధ్యాయం 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)

वायुदेवताby/with Vāyu-deity (Wind-god)

अर्जुनby/with Arjuna

संवादof the dialogue

प्रसङ्गin the context/occasion

ब्राह्मणof the Brāhmaṇas

माहात्म्यgreatness; glory

विषयकconcerning; relating to

एकone

शतhundred

द्विtwo

पञ्चाशत्fifty

अध्यायchapter

पूर्णcompleted/finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section)

Vāyu (Wind-god)

Arjuna

Brāhmaṇas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon frames the chapter’s ethical thrust: within the dharma of giving, honoring and supporting worthy Brahmins (as exemplars of learning, restraint, and ritual-ethical discipline) is presented as a meritorious act that sustains social and spiritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a closing statement marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It situates the completed chapter within the episode of a discourse between Vāyu and Arjuna, and identifies the chapter’s topic as the glorification of Brahmins.