Shloka 132

ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः

Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि दिग्गजानां रहस्ये द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi diggajānāṃ rahasye dvātriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt ở phần bàn về dharma của việc bố thí—chấm dứt chương thứ một trăm ba mươi hai, nói về giáo huấn bí mật liên quan đến các voi trấn giữ phương hướng. Đây là lời kết chương, nêu rõ khuôn khổ đạo đức của đoạn văn: chỉ dạy về việc cho đúng pháp (dāna) như một phương diện của dharma.

Word by Word

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

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

• दिग्गजानाम्: of the directional elephants (guardians of the quarters)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग्गज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रहस्ये: in the secret/mystery (topic)
• रहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

रेणुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Diggajās (elephants of the directions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter within the broader ethical discourse of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing dāna-dharma (the righteous principles of giving) and indicating that the chapter’s topic is an esoteric account connected with the diggajās (directional elephants), a cosmological motif used to situate moral instruction within a sacred worldview.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not narrative action but a formal closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded, identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject (the ‘secret’ concerning the elephants of the directions).