Shloka 92

अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः

The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि श्राद्धकल्पे द्विनवतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrāddhakalpe dvinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشासन پَرو میں، دان دھرم پَرو کے تحت، شرادھ-کلپ سے متعلق بانوےواں ادھیائے اختتام پذیر ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

श्राद्धकल्पेin the Śrāddha-ritual chapter/section

द्विनवतितमःninety-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma (section on charity)

Śrāddha (ancestral rite)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it situates the preceding instruction within the Mahābhārata’s ethical framework, identifying it as part of Bhīṣma’s teachings on dāna-dharma (the duty of giving) and śrāddha-kalpa (proper ancestral rites). The implied emphasis is that charity and ritual responsibility are integral components of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally marks the end of the ninety-second adhyāya within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, specifically the portion dealing with śrāddha procedures.