Shloka 120
Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मैत्रेयभिक्षायां विंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi maitreya-bhikṣāyāṃ viṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಅನುಶಾಸನಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ದಾನಧರ್ಮಪರ್ವದೊಳಗೆ, ಮೈತ್ರೇಯ-ಭಿಕ್ಷಾ ಪ್ರಸಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the discourse on dāna-dharma (the ethics and duty of giving). Its ethical frame highlights that the surrounding material treats charity as a regulated moral practice within dharma.
The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally concluding a chapter: it locates the chapter within Anuśāsana Parva, within the dāna-dharma section, and identifies the topical setting as the episode connected with Maitreya’s alms.