Shloka 73

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि यमवाक्‍्यं नाम एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi yamavākyaṃ nāma ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中“施舍之法”一章，题为《阎摩之言》的第七十一章告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यमवाक्यम्: ‘Yama’s discourse/statement’
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमवाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्तति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नाचिकेत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma (section)
• Yama

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, framing the preceding material as authoritative instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethical discipline of giving) and identifying it as a discourse attributed to Yama, thereby emphasizing moral accountability and the religious weight of charitable conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not a spoken dialogue-content line but an editorial/structural closing formula: it marks the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva and names the chapter “Yama’s Discourse,” situating it within the broader section on the dharma of giving.