Shloka 92

सक्तुदानमहिमा — The Merit of Justly-Earned Charity

Kapotī Brāhmaṇa and Dharma as Atithi

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वरमें नकुलोपाख्यानविषयक बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhika-parvake antargata anugītā-parvaṇi nakulopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ dvānavati-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ikasiyamnapu’t dalawang kabanata ng salaysay tungkol kay Nakula, sa loob ng bahaging Anugītā ng Aśvamedhika Parva ng banal na Mahābhārata. Ang pangwakas na kolofon na ito ang tanda ng pagwawakas ng isang yunit ng salaysay, na nilalayong ingatan at ipamana ang pagninilay sa dharma sa pamamagitan ng huwarang kuwento at pagtuturo.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: in the Ashvamedhika Parva
• आश्वमेधिकपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वमेधिकपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुगीतापर्वणि: in the Anugita Parva (section)
• अनुगीतापर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुगीतापर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नकुलोपाख्यानविषयकः: having the subject of the Nakula-episode
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नकुलोपाख्यानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वानविंशतितमः: twenty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वानविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Āśvamedhika Parva
• Anugītā Parvan
• Nakula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it emphasizes orderly preservation of the tradition by marking the completion of a chapter within a larger ethical-didactic section (Anugītā), where instruction is conveyed through narrative framing.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) formally closes the chapter, stating that the ninety-second chapter dealing with the Nakula episode in the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva has concluded.