Shloka 132
ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः
Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि दिग्गजानां रहस्ये द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi diggajānāṃ rahasye dvātriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Anuśāsana Parva—en particular, en la sección sobre el dharma de los dones—concluye el capítulo ciento treinta y dos, relativo a la enseñanza secreta acerca de los elefantes de las direcciones. Este colofón final marca el cierre del capítulo y su marco ético: la instrucción sobre el dar recto (dāna) como faceta del dharma.
रेणुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter within the broader ethical discourse of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing dāna-dharma (the righteous principles of giving) and indicating that the chapter’s topic is an esoteric account connected with the diggajās (directional elephants), a cosmological motif used to situate moral instruction within a sacred worldview.
The verse is not narrative action but a formal closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded, identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject (the ‘secret’ concerning the elephants of the directions).