Shloka 101
ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property
Brahmasva
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि राजन्यचाण्डालसंवादो नामैकोत्तरशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi rājanya-cāṇḍāla-saṃvādo nāma ekottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva et de la section consacrée au dharma du don, s’achève le cent-unième chapitre, intitulé « Le dialogue entre un Kṣatriya (rājanya) et un Cāṇḍāla ». Ce colophon marque la fin d’un épisode d’enseignement, qui invite à méditer sur la conduite et la générosité à travers un échange aussi tranchant sur le plan social que moral.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the instructional dialogue on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) between a Kṣatriya and a Cāṇḍāla has concluded, framing the preceding discussion as authoritative guidance within Bhīṣma’s teachings.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter. The text formally closes Adhyāya 101 of the dāna-dharma section, identifying the completed unit as the “Rājanya–Cāṇḍāla dialogue.”