Shloka 137

Adhyāya 142: Cyavana, the Devas’ Arrogance, and Vāyu’s Counsel on Protecting Brāhmaṇas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें एक सौ सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi saptatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—cụ thể là phần về dharma của bố thí (dāna-dharma)—chương thứ một trăm ba mươi bảy đã kết thúc. Công thức kết thúc này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của bài thuyết giảng, đặt lời dạy như một phần trong giáo huấn đạo đức của Bhīṣma về lòng hào hiệp chính đáng.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation 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
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्रिंशत्: thirty-seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• ध्यायः: chapter
• ध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula) rather than a new teaching: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—situated in the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) portion of Bhīṣma’s counsel—has concluded, emphasizing the text’s didactic framing of generosity as a key aspect of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse pauses with a formal closure: the Mahābhārata identifies the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter count (137), indicating the end of that chapter’s content in the Gītā Press tradition.