Shloka 73
गोमहात्म्य-प्रश्नोत्तरम्
Saudāsa–Vasiṣṭha on the Purifying Power of Cows
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्माजी और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmājīndrayor saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le soixante-treizième chapitre de la section Dāna-dharma, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, présentant le dialogue entre Brahmā et Indra. Le colophon marque l’achèvement de cette unité et situe l’enseignement dans l’instruction éthique du Mahābhārata sur les devoirs et les mérites du don.
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This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma (the duty and value of giving), framed through a Brahmā–Indra dialogue and transmitted under Bhīṣma’s authoritative voice.
The text is closing the unit: it announces that the seventy-third chapter—whose subject is the dialogue between Brahmā and Indra within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.