Shloka 34

पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे चतुस्त्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pṛthvī-vāsudeva-saṃvāde catuḥstriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Dāna-dharma—nagtatapos ang ikatatlumpu’t ikaapat na kabanata, na inilahad bilang pag-uusap nina Pṛthvī (ang Daigdig) at Vāsudeva. Ipinahihiwatig ng kolofon na ito ang pagsasara ng balangkas ng pagtuturo, kung saan ang mga simulain ng kawanggawa ay inilalatag sa pamamagitan ng isang banal na pag-uusap.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (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

• पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pṛthvī and Vāsudeva
• पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वीवासुदेवसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुस्त्रिंशः: thirty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pṛthvī (Earth)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the ethical instruction as belonging to the dāna-dharma (the duty and right practice of giving) and situates it within a sacred dialogue, underscoring that charity is treated as a formal, scripturally grounded component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it announces that, within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity, the chapter connected with the conversation between Pṛthvī (Earth) and Vāsudeva has concluded.