Shloka 116

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि अहिंसाफलकथने षोडशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ahiṃsāphalakathane ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》内，尤在“施舍之法”一段中，阐明不害（ahiṃsā）之果报的这一章告终：第一百一十六章。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; 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 on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहिंसाफलकथने: in the narration of the fruits of non-violence
• अहिंसाफलकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसाफलकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षोडशाधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-sixteenth
• षोडशाधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशाधिकशततम
• 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
• Ahiṃsā (non-violence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, identifying the chapter’s ethical focus: the exposition of the fruits (spiritual and moral results) of ahiṃsā (non-violence) within the broader teaching on dāna-dharma (the dharma of giving).

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse attributed to Bhīṣma reaches a formal close for this unit: the text marks the end of the chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva and labels it as the 116th chapter, situated in the section on charity and the benefits of non-violence.