Shloka 56

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे षट्पज्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanakuśikasaṃvāde ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อนุศาสนปรรพ ภาคทานธรรม ในบทสนทนาจยวนะ–กุศิกะ บทที่ห้าสิบหก

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• 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

• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Cyavana and Kuśika
• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनकुशिकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Cyavana
• Kuśika
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon marking the close of a teaching unit: it situates the preceding instruction within dāna-dharma (the ethical discipline of giving) as part of Bhīṣma’s broader dharma-upadeśa in the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue and identifies it as the fifty-sixth chapter within this portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, functioning as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new doctrinal statement.