Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि सावित्रीव्रतोपाख्याने पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi sāvitrīvratopākhyāne pañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Kaya nga, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa dharma ng pagbibigay (dāna-dharma)—sa salaysay hinggil sa panatang Sāvitrī, nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at limampung kabanata. Ito ang kolofon na nagmamarka ng pagtatapos ng isang yunit ng aral, inilalagay ang salaysay sa balangkas ng etika ng tungkuling magkaloob at ng disiplina ng panata.

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

• सावित्रीव्रतोपाख्याने: in the episode called the Savitri-vrata
• सावित्रीव्रतोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्रीव्रतोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundred-and-fiftieth (150th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• 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
• Sāvitrī-vrata
• Sāvitrī (implied by the vow name)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and the Sāvitrī-vrata episode, emphasizing that moral instruction in the Mahābhārata is organized through themed sections and illustrative narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of a chapter/unit: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the thematic subsection (dāna-dharma), and the specific embedded story (Sāvitrī-vrata upākhyāna), concluding the 150th chapter.