Shloka 161

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महेश्वरमाहात्म्यं नाम एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maheśvaramāhātmyaṃ nāma ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva at lalo na sa bahagi tungkol sa dharma ng pagbibigay (dāna), nagwawakas ang kabanatang pinamagatang “Ang Kadakilaan ni Maheśvara”—ito ang ika-isang daan at animnapu’t isang kabanata. Ang pormal na pangwakas na ito’y nagsasara sa aral, at inilalagay ang naunang salaysay sa loob ng tradisyong etikal ng dāna (pagkakawanggawa) at debosyon kay Śiva (Maheśvara).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: the greatness/glory of Maheshvara
• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-sixty-first
• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and as a māhātmya (glorification) of Maheśvara (Śiva), signaling that generosity and devotion are being presented as central virtues within this section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter formally concludes. The text identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parva), the chapter’s title/theme (Maheśvara-māhātmya), and its ordinal number (161st), marking the end of that adhyāya.