Shloka 67
Gopradāna-phalasaṃprāpti: Nāciketa’s Vision of Vaivasvata’s Realms (गोप्रदानफलसम्प्राप्तिः — नाचिकेतोपाख्यानम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि पानीयदानमाहात्म्ये सप्तषष्टितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi pānīyadānamāhātmye saptaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikian, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata pada Anuśāsana Parva—di bagian Dāna-dharma—berakhir bab ke-67 tentang kemuliaan sedekah air minum (pānīya-dāna-māhātmya).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is a colophon concluding a chapter that teaches the religious and ethical value (māhātmya) of donating drinking water—presenting water-giving as a significant form of dāna within dharma.
This line formally closes the sixty-seventh chapter within the Anuśāsana Parva’s charity-discourse, signaling the end of Bhīṣma’s instruction on the merits of providing potable water as a gift.