Shloka 132
ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः
Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि दिग्गजानां रहस्ये द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi diggajānāṃ rahasye dvātriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Anuśāsana-Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt über die Dharma-Lehre des Schenkens—das hundertundzweiunddreißigste Kapitel, das von der geheimen Unterweisung über die Elefanten der Himmelsrichtungen handelt. Dies ist der abschließende Kolophon, der den Schluss des Kapitels und seinen ethischen Rahmen bezeichnet: die Belehrung über rechtes Geben (dāna) als eine Facette des Dharma.
रेणुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter within the broader ethical discourse of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing dāna-dharma (the righteous principles of giving) and indicating that the chapter’s topic is an esoteric account connected with the diggajās (directional elephants), a cosmological motif used to situate moral instruction within a sacred worldview.
The verse is not narrative action but a formal closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded, identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject (the ‘secret’ concerning the elephants of the directions).