Shloka 33

पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्राह्मणकी प्रशंसा नामक तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇasya praśaṃsā nāma trayastriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อนุศาสนบรรพ ตอนทานธรรม บทที่สามสิบสาม อันมีนามว่า “สรรเสริญพราหมณ์” ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)

ब्राह्मणप्रशंसाpraise of the Brāhmaṇa

नामnamed; called

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तमःthirty-third

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section)

Brāhmaṇa

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 concluding colophon, the verse chiefly marks completion, but it also frames the chapter’s ethical emphasis: within the dharma of giving, honoring the Brāhmaṇa symbolizes respect for learning, self-control, and the custodianship of sacred and moral knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it announces that the thirty-third chapter titled “Praise of the Brāhmaṇa,” situated within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, has ended.