Shloka 100
नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा
Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि अगस्त्य भूगुसंवादो नाम शततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi agastya-bhṛgu-saṃvādo nāma śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of gifts—ends the hundredth chapter, entitled “The Dialogue of Agastya and Bhṛgu.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the surrounding discourse as authoritative instruction on the ethics of giving (dāna) and righteous conduct (dharma), delivered through a sage-to-sage dialogue.
Bhīṣma signals the formal end of the chapter titled “Agastya–Bhṛgu Dialogue,” locating it within the Anuśāsana Parva and the Dāna-dharma subsection; it functions as an editorial closure rather than a new narrative event.