Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 162

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रमाणकथने द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapramāṇakathane dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中，论“布施之法”（dāna-dharma）与“法之权威标准与证据”之第162章圆满结束。

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 section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्मप्रमाणकथने: in the narration/discourse on the proofs/authorities of dharma
• धर्मप्रमाणकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मप्रमाणकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: one hundred sixty-second
• द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• 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
• Dharma-pramāṇa-kathana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the chapter as part of a larger ethical instruction on dāna (charitable giving) and on dharma-pramāṇa—how dharma is established through recognized authorities and standards.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the formal close of the chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva. It signals that the preceding discourse—attributed in context to Bhīṣma’s instruction—has concluded for this chapter and identifies its thematic placement in the work.