Shloka 91

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानथधर्मपर्वणि श्राद्धकल्पे एकनवतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrāddhakalpe ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—cụ thể trong phần nói về pháp của bố thí—chương thứ chín mươi mốt bàn về nghi thức và phép tắc śrāddha đã kết thúc.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: 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: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section (sub-parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्राद्धकल्पे: in the Śrāddha-kalpa (rules for śrāddha)
• श्राद्धकल्पे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकनवतितमः: ninety-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनवतितम
• 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 Parva
• Śrāddha (rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-kalpa (the prescribed procedure for ancestral rites) within the broader teaching on dāna-dharma. Its ethical frame is that ritual duty toward ancestors is treated as a form of dharma closely linked with giving and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse (within Anuśāsana Parva) reaches the end of the ninety-first chapter devoted to śrāddha procedures, formally concluding that unit of teaching.