Shloka 68
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि यमब्राह्मणसंवादे अष्टषष्टितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें यम और ब्राह्मणका संवादविषयक अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi yamabrāhmaṇasaṃvāde aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the Dāna-dharma section—ends the sixty-eighth chapter, which sets forth the dialogue between Yama and a Brāhmaṇa. The colophon marks the completion of this teaching unit, framing the foregoing discourse as ethical instruction on charity and righteous conduct.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the preceding material as authoritative instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through a moral dialogue involving Yama, emphasizing that charity is to be understood within the wider order of dharma and justice.
The chapter concludes: the text announces that the sixty-eighth adhyāya—centered on the conversation between Yama and a Brāhmaṇa within the dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has ended.