Shloka 33

Śakra–Śambara Saṃvāda: Brāhmaṇa-sevā, Anasūyā, and Vāg-bala (शक्रशम्बरसंवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा नाम त्रयस्त्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇapraśaṃsā nāma trayastriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں مقدس مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پرب کے دان دھرم پرب میں ‘برہمن-پرشَنسا’ کے نام سے تینتیسواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote 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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा: "Praise of Brahmins" (title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• त्रयस्त्रिंशः: thirty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, the line primarily marks closure: it frames the preceding discourse as instruction within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and identifies its theme as brāhmaṇa-praśaṃsā (the honoring and esteem of Brāhmaṇas), implying that respect and appropriate support of learned and virtuous recipients is integral to righteous charity.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal concluding statement of the chapter. It announces that the “Praise of the Brāhmaṇas” chapter has ended within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, closing a unit of Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.