Shloka 55

Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें च्यवन और कुशिकका संवादविषयक पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parva-ke antargata dāna-dharma-parva-me cyavana aura kuśika-kā saṁvāda-viṣayaka pacapannavāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے تحت دان دھرم پَرو میں چَیون اور کُشِک کے مکالمے سے متعلق پچپنواں باب مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इस्: by this
• इस्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• श्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अनुशासन: of Anushasana (instruction)
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• पर्व: Parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• दानधर्म: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मध्ये: within/in the midst of
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य

• च्यवन: of Chyavana
• च्यवन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• कुशिक: of Kushika
• कुशिक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशिक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• का: of
• का: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• संवाद: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• विषयक: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम: fifty-fifth
• पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूरः: was completed
• पूरः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: perfect (as used in colophon-style completion statement), 3rd, singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular

Speaker

कुशिक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Cyavana
• Kuśika

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon that signals the completion of a teaching unit: the Dāna-dharma discussion framed as a dialogue between Cyavana and Kuśika. Its ethical emphasis is that giving (dāna) is treated as a significant limb of dharma within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional material.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative discourse concludes: the text formally closes the fifty-fifth chapter on the subject of the Cyavana–Kuśika dialogue within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva.