Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 129

Strī-dharma: Śiva’s Inquiry, Umā’s Consultation, and Gaṅgā’s Instruction

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि लोमशरहस्ये एकोनत्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi lomaśarahasye ekonatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）之“布施之法”（dāna-dharma）一节，在罗摩沙（Lomaśa）所叙之《秘教》中，第一百二十九章至此告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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

• लोमशरहस्ये: in the (topic) ‘Lomaśa’s secret/teaching’
• लोमशरहस्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमशरहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनत्रिंशत्: twenty-nine (lit. one less than thirty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनत्रिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, 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

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Lomaśa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to frame the teaching by locating it within the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction on dāna-dharma (the duty and principles of giving), attributed here to Lomaśa’s ‘rahasya’ discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter ends. The text formally announces the completion of the 129th chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, identifying the sub-topic as Lomaśa’s ‘secret teaching’ (rahasya).