Shloka 79
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानविषयक उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāra śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godāna-viṣayaka ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the eighty-ninth chapter on the gift of cows, within the section on the dharma of giving in the Anuśāsana Parva of the great Mahābhārata.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding instruction as part of dāna-dharma, highlighting go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a valued charitable act within the ethical system of dharma.
The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the eighty-ninth chapter dealing with cow-gift has been completed within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on the dharma of giving.