Shloka 79

Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka

Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके एकोनाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of gifts (dāna-dharma), in the episode concerning the gifting of cows (go-dāna)—ends the eighty-ninth chapter.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: splendor; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गोप्रदानिके: in (the subsection) concerning the gift of cows
• गोप्रदानिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्रदानिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोनाशीतितमः: the seventy-ninth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva (section)
• Go-pradāna (cow-gift)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), with special focus on go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a valued charitable act within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal close of the chapter: it situates the text within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and identifies the chapter’s thematic placement in the gift-ethics section, specifically the episode on cow-gifting.