Shloka 77
Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ
Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रभवकथने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi goprabhavakathane saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva, dans la section sur le dharma des dons (Dāna-dharma Parva), s’achève le soixante-dix-septième chapitre, consacré au récit de l’origine des vaches.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon, situating the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction on dāna (charitable giving). By naming the dāna-dharma section and the topic of the cows’ origin, it frames the preceding material as guidance on righteous generosity and its sacred context.
The speaker’s line marks the formal close of the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s theme (the account of the origin of cows), concluding the seventy-seventh adhyāya.