Shloka 82

Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें लक्ष्मी और गौओंका संवादनामक बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi lakṣmī-gavāṃ saṃvāda-nāmakaḥ dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, titled “The Dialogue of Lakṣmī and the Cows,” within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा: the venerable/great (honorific)
• श्रीमहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Mahabharata
• भारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वके: of the Anushasana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वमें: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लक्ष्मी: of Lakshmi
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• संवाद: dialogue
• संवाद: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नामक: named/called
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नामक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बयासीवाँ: eighty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्व्यशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Lakṣmī
• Cows (Gāvaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon marks the completion of a discourse situated in the dharma of giving: prosperity (Lakṣmī) and sacred sustenance/wealth (the cow) are presented as ethical symbols, reinforcing that righteous generosity and proper valuation of sacred resources uphold social and moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an editorial/colophon-style closing line: it announces that the eighty-second chapter—titled “Lakṣmī and the Cows: a Dialogue”—has concluded within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, in the Mahābhārata’s instructional sequence spoken by Bhīṣma.