Shloka 40

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulakopākhyānaviṣayaka cālīsavāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）之内，尤在“布施之法”（dāna-dharma）一节，叙述毗补罗事迹（upākhyāna）的第四十章告终。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासन: in (the) Anuśāsana
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: parvan/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दान: gift; giving
• दान: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्म: duty/law; dharma
• धर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: section (parvan)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विपुल: of Vipula (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यान: of the episode/tale
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चालीस: fortieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चालीस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरा: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुआ: was; became (completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Past (perfective, Hindi participial usage), Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Vipula

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse is framed as ethical instruction on charity (dāna) conveyed through an illustrative narrative (Vipula’s episode).

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs here; it is an editorial/colophonic closure stating that the fortieth chapter—centered on the Vipula upākhyāna—has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma portion.