Shloka 127

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि देवरहस्ये सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi devarahasye saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو میں، دان دھرم پَرو میں، ‘دیورہسّیہ’ (دیوتاؤں کے راز) کے بیان کا ایک سو ستائیسواں باب اختتام پذیر ہوا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious 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

• देवरहस्ये: in (the sub-section called) 'Deva-rahasya' (divine secret)
• देवरहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and twenty-seventh (chapter)
• सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Deva-rahasya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding material as instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) presented under the heading ‘Deva-rahasya,’ emphasizing that the chapter’s content belongs to a structured moral-religious teaching within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure of a chapter: it identifies the epic (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma), the sub-topic title (Deva-rahasya), and the chapter count (127th), functioning as an editorial/narrative boundary marker.