Shloka 109
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विष्णोर्द्धादशकं नाम नवाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi viṣṇor dvādaśakaṃ nāma navādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of gifts (dāna)—ends the one-hundred-and-ninth chapter, entitled “The Twelvefold (Hymn/Topic) of Viṣṇu.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals that Bhīṣma’s instruction in the dāna-dharma section has concluded a chapter titled “Viṣṇu’s Twelvefold (dvādaśaka).” The ethical frame is that charity (dāna) is presented as a dharmic act closely linked with devotion to Viṣṇu.
Bhīṣma’s speech reaches the end of a chapter; the text formally records the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter number and title. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker of closure.