Shloka 73

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पितामहेन्द्रसंवादे त्रिसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pitāmahendrasaṃvāde trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of giving—ends the dialogue between the Grandsire (Bhīṣma) and Indra, marking the conclusion of the seventy-third chapter.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of giving
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पितामहेन्द्रसंवादे: in the dialogue between Pitamaha and Indra
• पितामहेन्द्रसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामहेन्द्रसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिसप्ततितमः: seventy-sixth
• त्रिसप्ततितमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the teaching context as part of the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), emphasizing that the preceding material is authoritative guidance delivered through a formal dialogue (Bhīṣma and Indra) within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally concluded. The text signals that the discourse between Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma) and Indra—situated in the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has reached the end of the seventy-third chapter.