Shloka 87

Śrāddha-dvija-parīkṣā: Paṅkti-dūṣa and Paṅkti-pāvana (श्राद्धे द्विजपरीक्षा—पङ्क्तिदूष-पङ्क्तिपावन)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि श्राद्धकल्पे सप्ताशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrāddhakalpe saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత అనుశాసనపర్వములో దానధర్మపర్వాంతర్గత శ్రాద్ధకల్పమున ఎనభైఏడవ అధ్యాయము సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्राद्धकल्पे: in the Śrāddha-ritual chapter/topic
• श्राद्धकल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्ताशीतितमः: eighty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ताशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section on charity)
• Śrāddha (ancestral rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line signals closure of a unit of instruction: dharma is upheld through disciplined giving (dāna) and through properly performed śrāddha rites, which express gratitude to ancestors and sustain social-religious order.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter within Bhīṣma’s discourse. It identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva) and the sub-topic (dāna-dharma and śrāddha procedure), marking the end of the eighty-seventh chapter of that śrāddha-focused portion.