Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 156

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपवके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें वायु देवता और अर्जुनका संवादविषयक एक सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata dāna-dharma-parvaṇi vāyu-devatā-arjuna-saṁvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ một trăm năm mươi sáu của Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva, trong phần dāna-dharma (đạo lý về bố thí), nói về cuộc đối thoại giữa Thần Gió Vāyu và Arjuna.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वायुदेवता: the Wind-god (Vayu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुदेवता
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयक: having as its subject a dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतषट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषट्पञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

च्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीमहाभारत (Mahabharata)
• अनुशासनपर्व (Anushasana Parva)
• दानधर्मपर्व (Dana-dharma section)
• वायु देवता (Vayu)
• अर्जुन (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). It frames the preceding material as moral guidance on righteous charity, presented through a dialogue between a deity (Vayu) and a human exemplar (Arjuna).

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement. It announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between Vayu and Arjuna, situated within the Anushasana Parva’s section on charity and dharma, has concluded.