Shloka 73

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पितामहेन्द्रसंवादे त्रिसप्ततितमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pitāmahendrasaṃvāde trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના અનુશાસનપર્વના દાનધર્મપર્વમાં પિતામહ (ભીષ્મ) અને ઇન્દ્રનો સંવાદ—ત્રિસપ્તતિતમ (૭૩મો) અધ્યાય—સમાપ્ત થયો.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of giving

पितामहेन्द्रसंवादेin the dialogue between Pitamaha and Indra

त्रिसप्ततितमःseventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)

Indra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it frames the teaching context as part of the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), emphasizing that the preceding material is authoritative guidance delivered through a formal dialogue (Bhīṣma and Indra) within the Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally concluded. The text signals that the discourse between Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma) and Indra—situated in the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has reached the end of the seventy-third chapter.