Shloka 135

Agastya-Māhātmya and Vasiṣṭha’s Protection of the Ādityas

Khalina Daityas; Sarayū Etiology

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनं नाम पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi bhojyābhojyānnakathanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—cụ thể là phần Dāna-dharma—khép lại chương thứ một trăm ba mươi lăm, mang nhan đề “Luận về những thức ăn nên dùng và không nên dùng”. Lời kết này đặt giáo huấn như một chỉ dẫn đạo đức: bố thí và hạnh kiểm đúng đắn không thể tách rời sự phân biệt về thanh tịnh, tiết chế, và điều gì nên nhận hay nên tránh trong việc ăn uống.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनम्: the narration/discussion of edible and inedible foods
• भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पञ्चत्रिंशत्: thirty-five
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शततमः: the hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• 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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction concerns ethical discernment about food—what is permissible (bhojya) and impermissible (abhojya)—presented within the broader framework of dāna-dharma, where purity, restraint, and right choice support righteous living and responsible giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing statement (colophon) marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It identifies the larger book (parva), the internal section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s title/theme (bhojyābhojyānnakathana).