Shloka 41

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विपुलोपाख्याने एकचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulopākhyāne ekacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے تحت دان دھرم پَرو میں وِپُل کے اُپاکھیان سے متعلق اکتالیسواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विपुलोपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) of Vipula
• विपुलोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुलोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकचत्वारिंशः: forty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकचत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section on charity)
• Vipula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new instruction: it frames the preceding material as a completed lesson within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), emphasizing that the Vipula episode functions as a didactic illustration of righteous generosity and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal stopping point: the text announces that the Vipula-upākhyāna chapter has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on charity.