Shloka 28

Vītahavya’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya (Vītahavya–Vipratva) | वीतहव्यस्य ब्राह्मण्यप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रमतड्रसंवादे अष्टाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi indramataḍrasaṃvāde aṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

“Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva, trong phần Dāna-dharma, nơi cuộc đối thoại về Indra và Mataḍrasa, chương thứ hai mươi tám kết thúc.” (Đây là lời ghi kết chương, không phải một câu kệ giáo lý được thốt ra.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• इन्द्रमतड्रस: in (the episode titled) Indramataḍrasa
• इन्द्रमतड्रस: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रमतड्रस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Indra
• Mataḍrasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker). Its function is to locate the teaching within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Anuśāsana Parva, the section on the dharma of giving—rather than to add a new ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse has reached a formal chapter boundary. The text signals that the chapter connected with the Indra–Mataḍrasa dialogue in the dāna-dharma section has concluded.