Shloka 158

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महापुरुषमाहात्म्ये अष्टपज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi mahāpuruṣamāhātmye aṣṭapañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในอนุศาสนปรวะ โดยเฉพาะในทานธรรมปรวะ บทว่าด้วยมหิมาแห่งมหาปุรุษะ ได้จบลง ณ ที่นี้ (อธยายที่ ๑๕๘)

Word by Word

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

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

• महापुरुषमाहात्म्ये: in (the topic of) the greatness of the Mahāpuruṣa
• महापुरुषमाहात्म्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापुरुषमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टपञ्चाशत्: fifty-eight
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• 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 Parva
• Mahāpuruṣa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma discourse; it frames the surrounding material as instruction on righteous giving and the exalted status of the Mahāpuruṣa, emphasizing that the preceding content belongs to an ethical, dharma-centered teaching context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story at this point; it is a formal editorial/recitational closure indicating that the chapter on Mahāpuruṣa-māhātmya within Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section has ended.