Shloka 151

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्राह्मणप्रशंशायामेकपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇapraśaṃsāyām ekapañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva, trong phần về pháp của bố thí (Dāna-dharma), chương nói về sự tán dương các brāhmaṇa—tức chương thứ một trăm năm mươi mốt—đã khép lại.” Lời kết (colophon) này đặt giáo huấn vào mạch luận đạo đức rộng lớn: lòng hào phóng được dẫn dắt bởi dharma, và sự tôn kính dành cho những người gánh vác học vấn cùng trách nhiệm nghi lễ.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation 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

• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: in the praise of the brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकपञ्चाशत्: fifty-one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• 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

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse primarily signals closure and situates the preceding instruction within dāna-dharma and brāhmaṇa-praśaṃsā: giving should be aligned with dharma, and society is urged to honor learned custodians of sacred knowledge and ritual duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal endpoint: the text announces that the 151st chapter—on praising brāhmaṇas within the dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has concluded.