Shloka 126

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि देवरहस्ये षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi devarahasye ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

“Sa gayon nagtatapos, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva, sa bahaging ukol sa dharma ng mga handog at pagkakawanggawa, sa paksang tinatawag na ‘Banal na Lihim,’ ang ika-isang daan at dalawampu’t anim na kabanata.” Ito ang pangwakas na kolofon na nagmamarka ng pagtatapos ng kabanata at ng aral nito tungkol sa matuwid na pagbibigay at sa sagradong, lihim na kabuluhan nito.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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 section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देवरहस्ये: in (the sub-section called) Deva-rahasya
• देवरहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-sixth
• षड्विंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंशत्यधिकशततम
• 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 (section/topic)
• Deva-rahasya (topic heading)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma material and is framed as a ‘deva-rahasya’—a sacred or confidential teaching—thereby emphasizing the religious and ethical weight of righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative voice (Bhīṣma’s discourse context) reaches a formal close for the chapter: the text announces the completion of the 126th chapter within the specified parva and sub-section, functioning as an editorial/recitational marker in the transmission of the Mahābhārata.