Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादो नाम चतुष्पज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvādo nāma catuṣpañcāśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Vậy là trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva, trong phần Dāna-dharma (đạo lý bố thí), chương mang nhan đề “Cuộc đối thoại giữa Pavana (Vāyu) và Arjuna (Kārtavīrya)”—tức chương thứ một trăm năm mươi bốn—đến đây kết thúc. Lời kết ghi nhận giáo huấn này như một phần của sự chỉ dạy về lòng hào hiệp và hạnh kiểm chính đáng.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; revered (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• पवन: Pavana; Wind-god
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुन: Arjuna (Kartavīrya Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवादः: dialogue; conversation
• संवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• चतुष्पञ्चाशत्: fifty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुष्पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Arjuna (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon situates the preceding discourse within dāna-dharma—ethical instruction on giving—implying that generosity, properly guided by dharma, is a central virtue being taught through the dialogue framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse is a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter titled “Pavana–Arjuna Dialogue” has ended, placing it within the Anuśāsana Parva and specifically the dāna-dharma section.