Shloka 128
दानशील-समाचारः, सत्कारः, अहिंसा च
Umā–Maheśvara Saṃvāda
इस प्रकार मैंने रहस्यसहित धर्म और अधर्मका वर्णन किया। यह स्वर्गकी कामनावाले मनुष्योंको मृत्युके पश्चात् स्वर्गीय सुखकी प्राप्ति करानेवाला है ।।
dhaugya uvāca |
iti prakāreṇa mayā rahasya-sahitaṁ dharmaṁ ca adharmaṁ ca varṇitaṁ | etat svarga-kāmanā-vāle manuṣyān mṛtyoḥ paścāt svargīya-sukhasya prāptiṁ kārayati ||
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi dāna-dharma-parvaṇi deva-rahasye aṣṭāviṁśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parva-antargate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi devatānāṁ rahasya-viṣayaka eka-śata-aṣṭāviṁśatitamō 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ |
ധൗമ്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ ഞാൻ അന്തർരഹസ്യസഹിതം ധർമ്മവും അധർമ്മവും വർണ്ണിച്ചു. ഈ ഉപദേശം സ്വർഗ്ഗകാമികളായ മനുഷ്യർക്കു മരണാനന്തരം സ്വർഗ്ഗീയസുഖപ്രാപ്തി നൽകുന്നു॥ ഇതി ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതേ അനുശാസനപർവണി ദാനധർമ്മപർവണി ‘ദേവരഹസ്യേ’ അഷ്ടാവിംശത്യധികശതതമോഽധ്യായഃ സമാപ്തഃ॥
धौग्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The speaker concludes that he has explained dharma and adharma along with their ‘secret’ (inner rationale). The teaching is presented as a means by which those aspiring for svarga can attain heavenly happiness after death—linking ethical conduct (especially dāna-dharma in this section) with posthumous reward.
This verse functions as a closing colophon: Dhaumya ends his instruction, and the text formally marks the completion of the chapter within Anuśāsana Parva, in the sub-section on the dharma of giving, titled ‘Deva-rahasya’ (the mystery/secret concerning the gods).