Shloka 155

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादे पड्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvāde pañcapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos, sa banal na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahagi tungkol sa Dharma ng pagbibigay (Dāna-dharma)—ang pag-uusap nina Pavana (ang Diyos ng Hangin) at Arjuna: ang ika-isang daan at limampu’t limang kabanata (ang ika-155 na kabanata ng bahaging ito).

Word by Word

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

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pavana and Arjuna
• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवनार्जुनसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्: fifty-five
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शततमः: the hundred-and-...th (ordinal)
• 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
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s instructional framework—here, the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving). It signals that the surrounding material is to be read as normative guidance on righteous conduct, especially generosity and its proper practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a unit described as the ‘dialogue between Pavana (Vāyu) and Arjuna’ and formally announcing the chapter’s end and its placement within Anuśāsana Parva and the Dāna-dharma section.