Shloka 131

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā and Namaskāra: Criteria of Reverence and Non-Offense (ब्राह्मणपूजा-नमस्कारविधिः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें प्रमथगणोंका धर्मसम्बन्धी रहस्यविषयक एक सौ एकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parva-antargata dāna-dharma-parvaṇi pramatha-gaṇānāṁ dharma-sambandhī rahasya-viṣayaka eka-śata-eka-triṁśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے تحت دان دھرم پَرو میں پرمَتھ گَणوں سے متعلق دھرم کے راز پر مشتمل ایک سو اکتیسواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of gifts)
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रमथगणानाम्: of the hosts of Pramathas
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथगण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धर्मसम्बन्धि: related to dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मसम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रहस्यविषयकम्: concerning the secret/mystery
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रहस्यविषयक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एकत्रिंशत्तमः: thirty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकत्रिंशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma section
• Pramatha-gaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not add new doctrine but frames the completed discourse as revealing a 'rahasya'—an inner or subtle rationale—about dharma in the context of the Pramatha hosts, situated within the broader teaching on dāna (charitable giving) and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker attribution 'Bhīṣma uvāca' marks Bhīṣma as the instructor, and this sentence functions as an editorial closing note announcing that the 131st chapter—on the dharma-related secret connected with the Pramathas—has ended within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva.