Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 160 Shloka 153 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायुदेवता और कार्तवीर्य अर्जुनका संवादविषयक एक सौ तिरपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Anuśāsanaparvake antargata Dānadharmaparvaṇi Vāyudevatā-Kārtavīryārjuna-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-traya-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత అనుశాసనపర్వాంతర్గత దానధర్మపర్వంలో వాయుదేవత మరియు కార్తవీర్య అర్జునుల సంభాషణవిషయక నూట యాభైమూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणःof the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma-parvan

वायुदेवताthe wind-deity (Vāyu)

चand

कार्तवीर्यKārtavīrya (name)

अर्जुनArjuna (here: Kārtavīrya Arjuna)

संवादविषयकःconcerning the dialogue

एकone

शतhundred

त्रिthree

पञ्चाशत्तमःfiftieth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

Kārtavīrya Arjuna

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?

As a concluding colophon, this line signals that the chapter’s focus is dāna-dharma (the ethical discipline of giving). It frames the preceding material as instruction on righteous generosity, presented through an authoritative dialogue involving a deity (Vāyu) and a renowned king (Kārtavīrya Arjuna).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter notice stating that the chapter has concluded. It identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject matter: a dialogue between Vāyudeva and Kārtavīrya Arjuna.