Shloka 81

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानविषयक इक्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi go-dāna-viṣayaka ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo octogésimo primero, sobre el don de vacas (go-dāna), dentro de la sección acerca del dharma de la caridad, contenida en el Anuśāsana Parva del sagrado Mahābhārata. La fórmula de cierre subraya el marco ético del discurso: la caridad—en especial el go-dāna—se presenta como un componente estructurado de la enseñanza del dharma.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्व: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्व: in the Dana-dharma section (Parva)
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोदानविषयक: concerning the gift of cows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोदानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: completed; filled (i.e., finished)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Go-dāna (cow-gift)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon marking the end of a chapter devoted to go-dāna within dāna-dharma. Its ethical emphasis is that charity is a formal, teachable component of dharma, and the tradition highlights specific gifts (like cows) as exemplary forms of righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s discourse reaches a formal conclusion: the text announces that the eighty-first chapter on cow-gifting, situated within the charity-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, has been completed.