Shloka 20

Pātra-Lakṣaṇa and Niścita-Dharma

Marks of a Worthy Recipient and Stable Criteria of Dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें अष्टावक्र और उत्तरदिशाका संवादविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata-dāna-dharma-parvaṇi aṣṭāvakra-uttara-diśā-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ viṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อนุศาสนปรวะ ภาคทานธรรมปรวะ บทที่ยี่สิบ ว่าด้วยบทสนทนาระหว่างอัษฏาวักระกับอุตตรทิศา ได้สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Danadharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)

अष्टावक्रAshtavakra (name of a sage)

उत्तरदिशायाःof the northern direction

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

विंशतितमःtwentieth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभूत्was; became

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

अ

अष्टावक्र

उ

उत्तरदिशा

म

महाभारत

अ

अनुशासनपर्व

द

दानधर्मपर्व

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?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it frames the completed unit as part of the Dāna-dharma teaching—emphasizing that the preceding dialogue belongs to the ethical tradition of right giving and conduct within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, stating that the twentieth adhyāya—focused on the dialogue between Aṣṭāvakra and Uttaradiśā within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.