Shloka 123

Umā’s Inquiry and the Manifestation of the Third Eye (उमा–प्रश्नः तृतीयनेत्रोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि शाण्डिलीसुमनासंवादे त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śāṇḍilī-sumanā-saṃvāde trayoviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں شاندِلی اور سُمنَا کے مکالمے پر مشتمل ایک سو تئیسواں باب ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शाण्डिली: in (the episode of) Śāṇḍilī
• शाण्डिली: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिली
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सुमनासंवादे: in the dialogue with Sumanas
• सुमनासंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमनासंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and twenty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Śāṇḍilī
• Sumanas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the teaching context as instruction on righteous giving (dāna) conveyed through the Śāṇḍilī–Sumanas dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse (as the overarching speaker in this parva) reaches a chapter boundary: the text formally announces that the 123rd chapter of the Anuśāsana Parva—cast as the conversation between Śāṇḍilī and Sumanas—has concluded.