Shloka 33
पात्रलक्षण-परिक्षा (Pātra-Lakṣaṇa Parīkṣā) — Criteria for a Worthy Recipient
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्राह्मणकी प्रशंसा नामक तैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi brāhmaṇasya praśaṃsā nāma trayastriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, titled “Praise of the Brāhmaṇa,” within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata. This closing colophon signals the completion of a discourse that upholds the ethical and social ideal of honoring the Brāhmaṇa as a bearer of learning, restraint, and dharma, especially in the context of gifts and righteous conduct.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a concluding colophon, the verse chiefly marks completion, but it also frames the chapter’s ethical emphasis: within the dharma of giving, honoring the Brāhmaṇa symbolizes respect for learning, self-control, and the custodianship of sacred and moral knowledge.
The text is closing a chapter: it announces that the thirty-third chapter titled “Praise of the Brāhmaṇa,” situated within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, has ended.