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Shloka 36

Adhyāya 39 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on attachment (saṅga) and relational restraint

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायामिन्द्रशम्बरसंवादे षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇapraśaṃsāyām indraśambarasaṃvāde ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาคอนุศาสนปรวะ ตอนทานธรรมปรวะ ในวาระสรรเสริญพราหมณ์ ภายในบทสนทนาระหว่างพระอินทร์กับศัมพร บทที่สามสิบหกจึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्in the praise of Brahmins

इन्द्रशम्बरसंवादेin the dialogue of Indra and Shambara

षट्त्रिंशःthirty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section)

Indra

Śambara

Brāhmaṇa

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?

The colophon frames the chapter as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and as a praise of brāhmaṇical virtues, conveyed through a dialogue (saṃvāda). It signals that generosity and reverence for learned, disciplined conduct are central ethical concerns in this portion of the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the chapter situated within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma material, specifically the Indra–Śambara dialogue occurring in the context of praising Brāhmaṇas. It does not advance plot directly but identifies the textual setting and topic.