Shloka 75
Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पञचसप्ततितमो<ध्याय: ॥। ७५ || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें पचद्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pañcasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 75 ||
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva, in the section on the dharma of giving (dāna-dharma), the seventy-fifth chapter comes to an end. This closing formula marks the completion of the chapter in which Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues to frame ethical life through the discipline of generosity and righteous conduct.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) discourse, reinforcing that Bhīṣma’s instruction is organized as a sustained ethical teaching on righteous generosity within dharma.
The text formally closes the seventy-fifth chapter of the Dāna-dharma section within the Anuśāsana Parva. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating that the current unit of Bhīṣma’s instruction has ended and the next chapter will begin thereafter.