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Shloka 37

Vipulopākhyāna—Ruci-rakṣā and Śakra’s Māyā (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—रुचिरक्षणं शक्रमाया च)

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पात्रपरीक्षायां सप्तत्रिंशो ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें पात्रकी परीक्षाविषयक सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pātraparīkṣāyāṃ saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

如是,在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中,于《阿努沙萨那篇》(Anuśāsana Parvan)之内——尤在论施舍之法(布施之法)的章节中——关于甄别堪受施者的第三十七章至此终了。此结语(章末题记)标明本段落圆满完成,并昭示:唯有将施舍施与真正当受之人,慈施方能结成合乎正法的果报。

इतिthus; so; end-quote marker
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata
श्रीमहाभारते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीमहाभारत
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan
अनुशासनपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुशासनपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section (parvan)
दानधर्मपर्वणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदानधर्मपर्वन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पात्रपरीक्षायाम्in (the topic of) examination of a worthy recipient
पात्रपरीक्षायाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपात्रपरीक्षा
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
सप्तत्रिंशःthirty-seventh
सप्तत्रिंशः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तत्रिंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

Ś
Śrī Mahābhārata
A
Anuśāsana Parva
D
Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
P
Pātraparīkṣā (topic/subject)

Educational Q&A

The colophon highlights the ethical principle that giving (dāna) is not merely an act of generosity but a dharmic practice whose value depends greatly on the worthiness (pātratā) of the recipient; hence the need for ‘pātraparīkṣā’, careful discernment in charity.

This line is a concluding colophon stating that a chapter has ended: within the Anuśāsana Parvan’s discourse on the dharma of giving, the unit dealing with ‘examining the recipient’ is completed (the thirty-seventh chapter of that thematic sequence).