Shloka 48
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विवाहधर्मके प्रसंगमें वर्णयंकरकी उत्पत्तिका वर्णणविषयक अड्भधतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata Anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargata Dānadharmaparvaṇi vivāhadharmaprasange varṇasaṅkarotpattikāvarṇanaviṣayakaḥ aṣṭacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Ainsi s’achève le quarante-huitième chapitre, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva du vénérable Śrī Mahābhārata, dans la section du Dāna-dharma (le dharma du don), dans le contexte du dharma du mariage, décrivant l’apparition du varṇa-saṅkara (mélange des lignées et des ordres sociaux).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s instruction concerns vivāha-dharma (marital duty) and the ethical-social consequences associated with varṇa-saṅkara, emphasizing that marriage conduct is treated as a dharmic matter with wider societal implications.
This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the completion of the forty-eighth chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section, noting that the chapter’s topic was the description of the origin of varṇa-saṅkara in the context of marriage duties.