Shloka 87

Śrāddha-pravṛtti-kathana and Varjya-dravya-nirdeśa

Origin and Prohibitions in Śrāddha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वनें श्राद्धकल्पविषयक सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargataṁ dānadharmaparvaṇe śrāddhakalpaviṣayaka saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，在尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》阿努沙娑那篇之中，属“布施之法”（Dāna-dharma）部分、论述施行施罗陀（śrāddha）仪轨的第八十七章告终。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनुशासनपर्वणः: of the Anushasana Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गतः: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणा: by/through the Dāna-dharma Parva (section on charity-duty)
• दानधर्मपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• श्राद्धकल्पविषयकः: concerning the rules/procedure of śrāddha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्राद्धकल्पविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्ताशीत्तमः: eighty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ताशीत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became (was completed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Śrāddha (rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter on śrāddha-vidhi (the proper rules for ancestral rites) within the broader instruction on dāna-dharma, emphasizing that ritual duty toward ancestors is treated as an ethical-religious obligation within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the eighty-seventh chapter of the Dāna-dharma section inside Anuśāsana Parva. Although attributed to Bhīṣma in the framing dialogue, this particular sentence is an editorial/sectional closing statement rather than a spoken instruction.