Shloka 103

Tapas-śreṣṭhatā: Anāśana as the Highest Austerity

Bhagīratha–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे त्रयधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmabhagīrathasaṃvāde trayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت میں، انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں، برہما اور بھگیرتھ کے سنواد کا ایک سو تیسرا باب۔

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 Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे: in the dialogue of Brahma and Bhagiratha
• ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मभगीरथसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयधिकशततमः: one hundred and three (103rd)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Bhagīratha
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, situating the reader within the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction: it frames the preceding material as part of dāna-dharma (the duty and ethics of giving) taught through the Brahmā–Bhagīratha dialogue, emphasizing charity as a central component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse marks the formal close of a chapter: it identifies the epic (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma Parva), and the specific dialogue (between Brahmā and Bhagīratha), and then states the chapter count as the 103rd.