Shloka 40
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें विपुलका उपाख्यानविषयक चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi vipulakopākhyānaviṣayaka cālīsavāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના અનુશાસનપર્વના અંતર્ગત દાનધર્મપર્વમાં વિપુલ-ઉપાખ્યાન વિષયક ચાલીસમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter within the Dāna-dharma section, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse is framed as ethical instruction on charity (dāna) conveyed through an illustrative narrative (Vipula’s episode).
No new narrative action occurs here; it is an editorial/colophonic closure stating that the fortieth chapter—centered on the Vipula upākhyāna—has concluded within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma portion.