Shloka 82
Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam
The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि श्रीगोसंवादो नाम दयशीतितमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śrīgosamvādo nāma dyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva—specifically in the section on the dharma of gifts—ends the eighty-fifth chapter entitled “The Sacred Dialogue concerning the Cow.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse signals that the preceding discourse belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) and frames the chapter as a focused teaching on the religious and ethical significance of the cow, typically connected with merit, charity, and righteous conduct.
This is the closing formula of the chapter: it marks the end of Anuśāsana Parva, Adhyāya 85, titled “Śrī Go-samvāda,” within the dāna-dharma section, concluding the unit of instruction attributed to Bhīṣma’s discourse.