Shloka 137
Adhyāya 142: Cyavana, the Devas’ Arrogance, and Vāyu’s Counsel on Protecting Brāhmaṇas
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि सप्तत्रिंशदधिकशततमो ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें एक सौ सैंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi saptatriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of giving (dāna-dharma)—the one-hundred-and-thirty-seventh chapter comes to an end. The closing formula marks the completion of the discourse, framing the teaching as part of Bhīṣma’s ethical instruction on righteous generosity.
भीष्म उवाच
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This line is a colophon (closing formula) rather than a new teaching: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—situated in the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) portion of Bhīṣma’s counsel—has concluded, emphasizing the text’s didactic framing of generosity as a key aspect of dharma.
The discourse pauses with a formal closure: the Mahābhārata identifies the book (Anuśāsana Parva), the subsection (Dāna-dharma), and the chapter count (137), indicating the end of that chapter’s content in the Gītā Press tradition.