Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 135

Agastya-Māhātmya and Vasiṣṭha’s Protection of the Ādityas

Khalina Daityas; Sarayū Etiology

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनं नाम पज्चत्रिंशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi bhojyābhojyānnakathanaṃ nāma pañcatriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（阿努沙娑那篇）中，尤以“施舍之法”（达那·达摩）一段而言，题为《论可食与不可食之食物》的第一百三十五章告终。此结尾题记将教诲立为伦理准绳：布施与正行，离不开对清净、节制，以及何者可受、何者当避之饮食分辨。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; 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 Dana-dharma section (parvan)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनम्: the narration/discussion of edible and inedible foods
• भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्याभोज्यान्नकथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• पञ्चत्रिंशत्: thirty-five
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; exceeding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: the hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• 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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction concerns ethical discernment about food—what is permissible (bhojya) and impermissible (abhojya)—presented within the broader framework of dāna-dharma, where purity, restraint, and right choice support righteous living and responsible giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a formal closing statement (colophon) marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva. It identifies the larger book (parva), the internal section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s title/theme (bhojyābhojyānnakathana).