Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 118

Adhyāya 122 — Śruta-vṛtta-yukta Brāhmaṇa and the Ethics of Dāna

Maitreya–Vyāsa Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि कीटोपाख्याने अष्टादशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें कीड़ेका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi kīṭopākhyāne aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt trong phần pháp của bố thí (dāna-dharma)—truyện được gọi là “Tích truyện về sâu/côn trùng” (kīṭa-upākhyāna) kết thúc tại đây, đánh dấu sự hoàn tất chương thứ một trăm mười tám. Lời kết (colophon) này báo hiệu sự khép lại của một đơn vị giáo huấn xoay quanh giá trị đạo đức và tôn giáo của lòng quảng thí.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: 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 Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कीटोपाख्याने: in the narrative (upākhyāna) of the insect/worm
• कीटोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीटोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टादशाधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Kīṭopākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of a chapter within the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) material. Its function is to frame the preceding narrative as an ethical instruction on generosity and merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator (Vyāsa) closes the unit by formally announcing that the Kīṭopākhyāna episode has concluded and that the 118th chapter of this section is complete.