Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 174 Shloka 168 - Mahabharata | Chinese | Vedapath

Vyasa

Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शतसाहरूयां संहितायां वैयासिक्यामनुशासनपर्वणि भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणि दानधर्मे भीष्मयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे भीष्ममुक्तिनमाष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ vaiyāsikyām anuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmasvargārohaṇaparvaṇi dānadharme bhīṣmayudhiṣṭhirasaṁvāde bhīṣmamuktināmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：如是，在圣《摩诃婆罗多》——由毗耶娑编纂之十万颂大集——之《教诫篇》中，于“毗湿摩升天”一段、在“布施之法”的教诲里、在毗湿摩与坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）之对话中：题为《毗湿摩解脱》的第一百六十八章至此终了。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीsplendor; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शतसाहस्र्यांin the hundred-thousand (verses) [collection]

संहितायांin the compilation; in the Saṃhitā

वैयासिक्याम्in the Vyāsa-authored (work)

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana Parvan

भीष्मस्वर्गारोहणपर्वणिin the section 'Bhīṣma's ascent to heaven'

दानधर्मेin the topic of the duty of giving (charity)

भीष्मयुधिष्ठिरसंवादेin the dialogue of Bhīṣma and Yudhiṣṭhira

भीष्ममुक्तिनाम(chapter) named 'Bhīṣma's liberation'

अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-sixty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Mahābhārata

Vyāsa

Anuśāsana Parva

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse functions as a colophon marking the close of a teaching unit: Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) culminates in the theme of Bhīṣma’s final release. It frames generosity and righteous instruction as part of the larger pursuit of dharma leading toward liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana formally concludes a chapter/section of the Anuśāsana Parva, identifying the textual setting: Vyāsa’s Mahābhārata, the portion describing Bhīṣma’s ascent to heaven, within the Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira dialogue on the dharma of gifts, specifically the chapter titled “Bhīṣma’s Liberation.”