Shloka 38

Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पञचचूडानारदसंवादे अष्टत्रिंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pañcacūḍānāradasaṃvāde aṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ ba mươi tám trong Anuśāsana Parva của Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần nói về pháp của bố thí (dāna-dharma), trong cuộc đối thoại giữa Pañcacūḍā và Nārada. Lời kết (colophon) này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất một mạch giáo huấn về việc cho tặng theo đạo lý và công đức tôn giáo của nó, được truyền dạy qua những bậc đáng tôn kính.

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

• पञ्चचूडानारदसंवादे: in the dialogue of Panchachuda and Narada
• पञ्चचूडानारदसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चचूडा-नारद-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टत्रिंशः: thirty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टत्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pañcacūḍā
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within the dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) instruction. Its function is to frame the preceding material as authoritative teaching on righteous charity and its moral-spiritual value.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: the chapter concludes within the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically in the Pañcacūḍā–Nārada dialogue. It is a formal editorial/narrative marker rather than a new doctrinal verse.