Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 119

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि कीटोपाख्याने एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi kīṭopākhyāne ekonaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging ukol sa dharma ng pagbibigay (dāna-dharma)—sa salaysay na tinatawag na “Kuwento ng Insekto,” nagwakas ang ika-119 na kabanata. (Ito ang pangwakas na pahayag na nagmamarka ng pagtatapos ng kabanata at naglalagay ng aral sa balangkas ng etika ng pagkakawanggawa at matuwid na asal.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कीटोपाख्याने: in the narrative (upākhyāna) of the insect/worm
• कीटोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-nineteenth
• एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma-parva (section on charity)
• Kīṭopākhyāna (Tale of the Insect)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the surrounding instruction within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and signals the completion of the chapter in the Kīṭopākhyāna context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse is being formally segmented: the text announces that the chapter has concluded and identifies its placement—Anuśāsana Parva, within the dāna-dharma section, in the ‘Tale of the Insect’ episode.