Shloka 28

Vītahavya’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya (Vītahavya–Vipratva) | वीतहव्यस्य ब्राह्मण्यप्राप्तिः

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रमतड्रसंवादे अष्टाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi indramataḍrasaṃvāde aṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

“此为《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《阿奴沙娑那篇》内《施法品》中，关于因陀罗与摩达陀罗娑（Mataḍrasa）之对话的第二十八章终。”（此乃章末题记，用以标示章终，并非人物所说的教义偈颂。）

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

• इन्द्रमतड्रस: in (the episode titled) Indramataḍrasa
• इन्द्रमतड्रस: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रमतड्रस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशः: twenty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंश
• 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 (section)
• Indra
• Mataḍrasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker). Its function is to locate the teaching within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Anuśāsana Parva, the section on the dharma of giving—rather than to add a new ethical injunction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse has reached a formal chapter boundary. The text signals that the chapter connected with the Indra–Mataḍrasa dialogue in the dāna-dharma section has concluded.