Shloka 167

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि दानधर्मे सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmasvargārohaṇaparvaṇi dānadharme saptaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو میں، بھیشم کے سَورگ آروہن والے پَرو کے اندر، دان دھرم سے متعلق ایک سو سڑسٹھواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation 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

• भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on Bhishma's ascent to heaven
• भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मे: in the dharma of giving (charity)
• दानधर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred and sixty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Bhīṣma
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the teaching on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). It signals that the surrounding discourse belongs to the Mahābhārata’s instructional material, emphasizing charity as a key component of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva, within the sub-section describing Bhīṣma’s final transition and ascent to heaven. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new event.