Shloka 79

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानविषयक उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāra śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godāna-viṣayaka ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet das neunundachtzigste Kapitel über die Gabe von Kühen, innerhalb des Abschnitts über das Dharma des Gebens im Anuśāsana Parva des großen Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाthe venerable great

भारतMahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वकेof the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

दानधर्मपर्वमेंin the Dana-dharma section

गोदानविषयकconcerning the gift of cows

उन्यासीवाँseventy-ninth

अध्यायchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was/ended

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Go-dāna (gift of cows)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding instruction as part of dāna-dharma, highlighting go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a valued charitable act within the ethical system of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the eighty-ninth chapter dealing with cow-gift has been completed within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on the dharma of giving.