Shloka 20

Pātra-Lakṣaṇa and Niścita-Dharma

Marks of a Worthy Recipient and Stable Criteria of Dharma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें अष्टावक्र और उत्तरदिशाका संवादविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargata-dāna-dharma-parvaṇi aṣṭāvakra-uttara-diśā-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ viṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中“施舍之法”（Dāna-dharma）部分，叙述阿ष्ट伐克罗与北方（Uttaradiśā）对话的第二十章告终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Danadharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टावक्र: Ashtavakra (name of a sage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टावक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तरदिशायाः: of the northern direction
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयक: concerning the dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विंशतितमः: twentieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

अष्टावक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• अष्टावक्र
• उत्तरदिशा
• महाभारत
• अनुशासनपर्व
• दानधर्मपर्व

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it frames the completed unit as part of the Dāna-dharma teaching—emphasizing that the preceding dialogue belongs to the ethical tradition of right giving and conduct within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, stating that the twentieth adhyāya—focused on the dialogue between Aṣṭāvakra and Uttaradiśā within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.