Shloka 52

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे द्विपज्चाशत्तमोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi cyavanakuśikasaṃvāde dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یہ شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں چَیون اور کُشِک کے مکالمے کا باونواں ادھیائے ہے۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• 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 section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Cyavana and Kuśika
• च्यवनकुशिकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवनकुशिकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विपञ्चाशत्तम
• 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
• Cyavana
• Kuśika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) section; it frames the surrounding teaching as authoritative instruction on charitable duty within a sage–king dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the fifty-second chapter of the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma portion, indicating a formal transition point in Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.