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Shloka 88

Śrāddha-pravṛtti-kathana and Varjya-dravya-nirdeśa

Origin and Prohibitions in Śrāddha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि श्राद्धकल्पेडष्टाशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक अद्डासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrāddhakalpe aṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภาคอนุศาสนปรวะ ตอนทานธรรมปรวะ บทที่แปดสิบแปด ว่าด้วยศราทธกัลปะ (หลักและระเบียบพิธีศราทธะ) ก็ถึงกาลอวสาน

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section (sub-parvan)

श्राद्धकल्पेin the Śrāddha-ritual procedure/topic

अष्टाशीतितमःeighty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section)

Śrāddha

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-kalpa within the broader teaching on dāna-dharma. Its ethical emphasis is that ritual acts like śrāddha are framed as duties (dharma) and are closely linked with giving—performed with faith, propriety, and respect for lineage and social-religious order.

What is happening in the narrative?

The instructional discourse attributed to Bhīṣma reaches a formal chapter-end. The text signals that the eighty-eighth chapter on the rules/procedure of śrāddha, situated inside the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity and duty, has concluded.