Shloka 83

Śrāddha-Kalpa: Pitṛ-Pūjā and Tithi-Phala (श्राद्धकल्पः पितृपूजा च तिथिफलम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपवके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोलोकका वर्णनविषयक तिरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargata-dānadharmaparvaṇi golokavarṇana-viṣayakaḥ trayāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet das dreiundachtzigste Kapitel des Abschnitts Dāna-dharma innerhalb des Anuśāsana Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, ein Kapitel, das der Beschreibung von Goloka gewidmet ist. Diese Schlussformel kennzeichnet den Abschluss einer Lehr-Einheit und rahmt die vorangehende Rede als ethische Unterweisung über Dharma—insbesondere über Verdienst und geistige Ausrichtung, die mit Gabe und rechtem Handeln verbunden sind.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्री-महाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

अनुशासन-पर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

दान-धर्म-पर्वणिin the Dana-dharma Parva (section on the duty of giving)

गोलोक-वर्णन-विषयकःhaving as its topic the description of Goloka

त्र्यशीतितमःeighty-third

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Goloka

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the preceding material as part of Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse on dharma, specifically within the section on dāna (giving). By marking the chapter’s end and naming its subject (Goloka), it reinforces the ethical idea that righteous conduct and generosity are linked to auspicious spiritual outcomes.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the eighty-third adhyāya—focused on describing Goloka—has been completed within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva of the Mahābhārata.