Shloka 156

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपवके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायु देवता और अर्जुनका संवादविषयक एक सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata dāna-dharma-parvaṇi vāyu-devatā-arjuna-saṁvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے تحت دان دھرم پَرو میں وایودیو اور ارجن کے مکالمے سے متعلق ایک سو چھپنواں باب مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वायुदेवता: the Wind-god (Vayu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेवता
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयक: having as its subject a dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतषट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषट्पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

च्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीमहाभारत (Mahabharata)
• अनुशासनपर्व (Anushasana Parva)
• दानधर्मपर्व (Dana-dharma section)
• वायु देवता (Vayu)
• अर्जुन (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). It frames the preceding material as moral guidance on righteous charity, presented through a dialogue between a deity (Vayu) and a human exemplar (Arjuna).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement. It announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between Vayu and Arjuna, situated within the Anushasana Parva’s section on charity and dharma, has concluded.