Shloka 95

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि छत्रोपानहोत्पत्तिर्नाम पञ्चनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi chatropānahotpattir nāma pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในอนุศาสนปรวะ ตอนว่าด้วยธรรมแห่งทาน บทที่เก้าสิบห้าชื่อว่า “กำเนิดร่มและรองเท้า” ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

छत्रोपानहोत्पत्तिःthe origin of umbrella and footwear

नामnamed; called

पञ्चनवतितमःthe ninety-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

chatra (umbrella/parasols)

upānah (footwear)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teachings on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). By naming the chapter’s theme—“the origin of the umbrella and footwear”—it frames everyday protective items as part of a moral discourse on gifts, care, and social duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally states the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parva), and the chapter title and number (95th, ‘Chatra-upānah-utpatti’). It is a structural closing formula rather than a new spoken instruction.