Shloka 98

Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि सुवर्णमनुसंवादो नामाष्टनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi suvarṇamanusaṃvādo nāmāṣṭanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں مقدس مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں “سُوَرنہ-منو مکالمہ” نامی نواسیواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• सुवर्णमनुसंवादः: the dialogue concerning gold (Suvarṇa)
• सुवर्णमनुसंवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण-मनुसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अष्टनवतितमः: the ninety-eighth (chapter)
• अष्टनवतितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टनवति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

शुक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Suvarṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse belongs to the ethical instruction on charity (dāna) as part of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the formal end of a chapter titled “Suvarṇa-manusaṃvāda” within the Anuśāsana Parva, functioning as an editorial/narrative closure rather than spoken dialogue content.