Shloka 101

ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property

Brahmasva

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि राजन्यचाण्डालसंवादो नामैकोत्तरशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi rājanya-cāṇḍāla-saṃvādo nāma ekottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں ‘کشَتریہ (راجنیہ) اور چانڈال کا مکالمہ’ کے نام سے ایک سو ایکواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: 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 section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्यचाण्डालसंवादः: the dialogue between a Kshatriya and a Chandala
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्यचाण्डालसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरशततमः: one-hundred-and-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तरशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma-parva
• Rājanya (Kṣatriya)
• Cāṇḍāla

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the instructional dialogue on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) between a Kṣatriya and a Cāṇḍāla has concluded, framing the preceding discussion as authoritative guidance within Bhīṣma’s teachings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter. The text formally closes Adhyāya 101 of the dāna-dharma section, identifying the completed unit as the “Rājanya–Cāṇḍāla dialogue.”