Shloka 128

दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च

Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार मैंने रहस्यसहित धर्म और अधर्मका वर्णन किया। यह स्वर्गकी कामनावाले मनुष्योंको मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ स्वर्गीय सुखकी प्राप्ति करानेवाला है ।।

Transliteration

dhaugya uvāca |

iti prakāreṇa mayā rahasya-sahitaṁ dharmaṁ ca adharmaṁ ca varṇitaṁ | etat svarga-kāmanā-vāle manuṣyān mṛtyoḥ paścāt svargīya-sukhasya prāptiṁ kārayati ||

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi dāna-dharma-parvaṇi deva-rahasye aṣṭāviṁśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parva-antargate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi devatānāṁ rahasya-viṣayaka eka-śata-aṣṭāviṁśatitamō 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ |

Translation

道弥耶说道：“如是，我已连同其内在秘义，阐明了法（dharma）与非法（adharma）。此教诲能使希求天界之人，于死后得享天界之乐。” 至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中“施舍之法”一节的“诸神之秘”章——第一百二十八章——圆满结束。

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrī-mahābhārate: in the Śrī Mahābhārata
• śrī-mahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• anuśāsana-parvaṇi: in the Anuśāsana Parvan
• anuśāsana-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuśāsana-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• dāna-dharma-parvaṇi: in the section on the dharma of giving
• dāna-dharma-parvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna-dharma-parvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• deva-rahasye: in (the topic called) 'the secret of the gods'
• deva-rahasye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-rahasya
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• aṣṭā-viṃśati-adhika-śatatamaḥ: one hundred and twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭāviṃśatyadhikaśatatama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhaumya (धौम्य)
• Mahābhārata (महाभारत)
• Anuśāsana Parva (अनुशासनपर्व)
• Dāna-dharma Parva (दानधर्मपर्व)
• Deva-rahasya (देवरहस्य)
• Svarga (स्वर्ग)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker concludes that he has explained dharma and adharma along with their ‘secret’ (inner rationale). The teaching is presented as a means by which those aspiring for svarga can attain heavenly happiness after death—linking ethical conduct (especially dāna-dharma in this section) with posthumous reward.

What is happening in the narrative?

This verse functions as a closing colophon: Dhaumya ends his instruction, and the text formally marks the completion of the chapter within Anuśāsana Parva, in the sub-section on the dharma of giving, titled ‘Deva-rahasya’ (the mystery/secret concerning the gods).