Shloka 154

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादो नाम चतुष्पज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvādo nāma catuṣpañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత అనుశాసనపర్వంలోని దానధర్మపర్వంలో “పవన (వాయు) మరియు (కార్తవీర్య) అర్జున సంభాషణ” అనే నూట యాభై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; revered (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पवन: Pavana; Wind-god
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुन: Arjuna (Kartavīrya Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवादः: dialogue; conversation
• संवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• चतुष्पञ्चाशत्: fifty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Arjuna (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon situates the preceding discourse within dāna-dharma—ethical instruction on giving—implying that generosity, properly guided by dharma, is a central virtue being taught through the dialogue framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse is a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter titled “Pavana–Arjuna Dialogue” has ended, placing it within the Anuśāsana Parva and specifically the dāna-dharma section.