Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पवनार्जुनसंवादे सप्तपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pavanārjunasaṃvāde saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中，尤于“施舍之法”（dāna-dharma）一段，风神伐由（Vāyu）与阿周那之对话至此告终，第一百五十七章亦由此圆满。

Word by Word

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

• श्री: fortune; auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• 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

• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: in the dialogue of Pavana (Vāyu) and Arjuna
• पवनार्जुनसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवनार्जुनसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्: fifty-seven
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्
• 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

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pavana (Vāyu)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding material as instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through the Vāyu–Arjuna dialogue, emphasizing that the discussion belongs to a structured ethical discourse within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter: it announces that the dialogue between Vāyu (Pavana) and Arjuna has concluded and identifies its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva, in the subsection devoted to the dharma of charity.