Shloka 112

मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि संसारचक्रे दादशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi saṃsāracakre dvādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm mười hai, mang nhan đề “Bánh xe Luân hồi (Saṃsāra)”, thuộc phần Dāna-dharma (pháp về bố thí) trong Anuśāsana Parva của bộ Mahābhārata thiêng liêng. Lời kết (colophon) này đặt giáo huấn vào mạch chỉ dạy đạo đức của Bhīṣma về bố thí và chánh hạnh, đồng thời nhấn mạnh tính tuần hoàn của đời sống thế gian mà dharma hướng tới vượt qua.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• संसारचक्रे: in (the topic called) 'cycle of saṃsāra'
• संसारचक्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसारचक्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वादशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Saṃsāra-cakra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not add new doctrine but signals that the preceding instruction belongs to the Dāna-dharma teachings and is framed under the theme of the ‘wheel of saṃsāra,’ implying that ethical living and generosity are presented as means to purify life within, and ultimately rise beyond, cyclical worldly bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing formula marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It identifies the textual location (Mahābhārata → Anuśāsana Parva → Dāna-dharma section) and names the chapter’s theme (‘Saṃsāra-cakra’), functioning as an editorial/recensional endpoint rather than spoken dialogue.