Shloka 102

Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि हस्तिकूटो नाम दयथधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi hastikūṭo nāma adhyāyaḥ pañcādhikaśatatamaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو میں، دان دھرم پَرو کے اندر ‘ہستیکوٹ’ نامی ایک سو پانچواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; 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 Dana-dharma section (sub-parva)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हस्तिकूटः: Hastikuta (name/title)
• हस्तिकूटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिकूट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्व्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and second
• द्व्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्व्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

गौतम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Hastikūṭa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the section on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). Its function is to frame the preceding discourse as authoritative instruction on charitable duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal closing formula: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the sub-section (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter title (Hastikūṭa), stating that the 105th chapter has concluded.