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Shloka 159

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि दुर्वासोभिक्षा नाम एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi durvāsobhikṣā nāma ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతము అనుశాసనపర్వములోని దానధర్మపర్వమందు ‘దుర్వాసాభిక్ష’ అను నామముగల నూట యాభై తొమ్మిదవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीsplendor; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section (parvan/sub-parvan)

दुर्वासोभिक्षाthe alms (episode) of Durvāsas

नामnamed; by name

एकोनषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-fifty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

म

महाभारत (Mahābhārata)

अ

अनुशासनपर्व (Anuśāsana Parva)

द

दानधर्मपर्व (Dāna-dharma section)

द

दुर्वासा (Durvāsā)

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?

The colophon situates the chapter within dāna-dharma, implying that the episode’s ethical focus is on proper giving—meeting requests for alms with respect, generosity, and steadiness of mind, rather than with irritation or pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva and names it “Durvāsā’s Request for Alms,” indicating that the preceding narrative centered on Durvāsā approaching for bhikṣā and the moral implications of the response.