Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रशंसायां त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें धर्मकी प्रशंशाविषयक एक सौ तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapraśaṃsāyāṃ triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中，尤以“施法”（dāna-dharma）一段为然：赞颂达摩之章，作为第一百六十三章而告终。卷末题记标明此单元圆满，强调此番论说旨在确立达摩为正行之准绳，尤以布施与正当之义务为要。

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

• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: in (the topic of) praise of dharma
• धर्मप्रशंसायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मप्रशंसा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-sixty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततम
• 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
• Bhīṣma (as speaker, per metadata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon that frames the teaching as 'dharma-praśaṃsā'—the praise and affirmation of dharma—situated within the dāna-dharma context, implying that righteous giving and adherence to duty are central expressions of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva. It signals that the discourse (attributed to Bhīṣma in the surrounding narrative) has completed a unit focused on dharma, especially as articulated through the ethics of giving.