Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 119

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि कीटोपाख्याने एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi kīṭopākhyāne ekonaviṁśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt trong phần nói về dharma của bố thí (dāna-dharma)—ở thiên truyện mang tên “Chuyện Con Côn Trùng”, chương thứ một trăm mười chín kết thúc. (Đây là lời kết chương, xác nhận sự khép lại và đặt giáo huấn vào khuôn khổ đạo đức của bố thí và hạnh kiểm chính trực.)

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
• 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

• एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-nineteenth
• एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनविंशत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma-parva (section on charity)
• Kīṭopākhyāna (Tale of the Insect)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the surrounding instruction within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and signals the completion of the chapter in the Kīṭopākhyāna context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse is being formally segmented: the text announces that the chapter has concluded and identifies its placement—Anuśāsana Parva, within the dāna-dharma section, in the ‘Tale of the Insect’ episode.