Shloka 85

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें सुवर्णकी उत्पत्तिविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame suvarṇasya utpatti-viṣayakaḥ pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo octogésimo quinto de la sección Dānadharma, dentro del Anuśāsana Parva del sagrado Mahābhārata, que trata del origen del oro.

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 Dānadharma-parva section
• दानधर्मपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुवर्ण: of gold
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्ति: in (the topic of) origin; production
• उत्पत्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चाशीतमः: eighty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशीतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete; full
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dānadharma Parva
• Suvarṇa (gold)
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine but signals that the instruction belongs to the dharma of giving: wealth (symbolized by gold) is to be understood within ethical restraint and rightful donation, not mere possession.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the completion of a chapter in which Bhīṣma’s discourse (within Anuśāsana Parva’s Dānadharma section) has treated the origin of gold; this line formally closes that chapter in the Gītā Press presentation.