Shloka 77

गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गौओंकी उत्पत्तिका वर्णनविषयक सतहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi gāvoṃ kī utpattikā varṇanaviṣayaka saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—plus précisément dans la section du Dāna-dharma (le Dharma des dons)—s’achève le soixante-dix-septième chapitre, consacré au récit de l’origine des vaches.

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included, contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of gifts)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• उत्पत्तेः: of the origin
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनविषयकः: having as its topic the description
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तसप्ततितमः: seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed, finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• cows (gāvaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon frames the chapter within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), highlighting the religious and ethical importance of cows as a sacred and socially sustaining gift-object in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement (colophon) indicating that the chapter describing the origin of cows—within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has ended.