Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 161

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि महेश्वरमाहात्म्यं नाम एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maheśvaramāhātmyaṃ nāma ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva, và đặc biệt trong phần nói về dharma của việc bố thí (dāna), chương mang nhan đề “Sự Vĩ Đại của Maheśvara” khép lại—đó là chương thứ một trăm sáu mươi mốt. Lời kết chương trang trọng đóng lại giáo huấn, đặt toàn bộ diễn từ trước đó vào truyền thống đạo lý của dāna (lòng rộng rãi) và lòng sùng kính Śiva (Maheśvara).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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 (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: the greatness/glory of Maheshvara
• महेश्वरमाहात्म्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वरमाहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-sixty-first
• एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a new doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as instruction in dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and as a māhātmya (glorification) of Maheśvara (Śiva), signaling that generosity and devotion are being presented as central virtues within this section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter formally concludes. The text identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the internal section (Dāna-dharma Parva), the chapter’s title/theme (Maheśvara-māhātmya), and its ordinal number (161st), marking the end of that adhyāya.