Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादे सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvāde saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt trong phần dāna-dharma (đạo lý về bố thí)—cuộc đối thoại giữa Vāyu (Thần Gió) và Arjuna kết thúc tại đây, đánh dấu sự hoàn tất chương thứ một trăm năm mươi bảy.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: fortune; auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• 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 section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pavana (Vāyu) and Arjuna
• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवनार्जुनसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्: fifty-seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, 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

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding material as instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through the Vāyu–Arjuna dialogue, emphasizing that the discussion belongs to a structured ethical discourse within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter: it announces that the dialogue between Vāyu (Pavana) and Arjuna has concluded and identifies its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, in the subsection devoted to the dharma of charity.