Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 120

Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma

Conduct of the Virtuous Wife

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मैत्रेयभिक्षायां विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maitreya-bhikṣāyāṃ viṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）之“布施之法”一章，关于弥勒耶（Maitreya）乞食之事的段落，第一百二十章告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: in (the episode of) Maitreya's alms-request
• मैत्रेयभिक्षायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयभिक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विंशति: twenty
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Maitreya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the discourse on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). Its ethical frame highlights that the surrounding material treats charity as a regulated moral practice within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally concluding a chapter: it locates the chapter within Anuśāsana Parva, within the dāna-dharma section, and identifies the topical setting as the episode connected with Maitreya’s alms.