Shloka 160

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ईश्वरप्रशंसा नाम षष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपववके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ईश्चषरकी प्रशंसा नामक एक सौ साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi īśvarapraśaṃsā nāma ṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతము అనుశాసనపర్వాంతర్గత దానధర్మపర్వములో “ఈశ్వరప్రశంస” అను నామముగల నూట అరవయ్యవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

ईश्वरप्रशंसाpraise of the Lord

नामnamed; called

षष्टिsixty

अधिकmore; in addition

शततमःthe hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Īśvara

Vāyudeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a chapter that frames dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) within īśvara-praśaṃsā (praise and reverence toward the Lord), implying that devotion and recognition of divine sovereignty strengthen and purify charitable conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter colophon: it closes the chapter titled “Īśvarapraśaṃsā” within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, marking the conclusion of the discourse attributed here to Vāyudeva.