Shloka 102
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि हस्तिकूटो नाम दयथधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi hastikūṭo nāma adhyāyaḥ pañcādhikaśatatamaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva, in the section on the dharma of giving, the one-hundred-and-fifth chapter called “Hastikūṭa.”
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the section on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving). Its function is to frame the preceding discourse as authoritative instruction on charitable duty.
The narrative pauses for a formal closing formula: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the sub-section (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter title (Hastikūṭa), stating that the 105th chapter has concluded.