Shloka 81

Chapter 85: Suvarṇasya Janma ca Pradāna-Phalam

The Origin of Gold and the Merit of Gifting

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानविषयक इक्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsana-parvaṇi antargate dāna-dharma-parvaṇi go-dāna-viṣayaka ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ അനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിലെ ദാനധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ ഗോദാനവിഷയകമായ എൺപത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वin the Dana-dharma section (Parva)

गोदानविषयकconcerning the gift of cows

एकाशीतितमःeighty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcompleted; filled (i.e., finished)

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Go-dāna (cow-gift)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 marking the end of a chapter devoted to go-dāna within dāna-dharma. Its ethical emphasis is that charity is a formal, teachable component of dharma, and the tradition highlights specific gifts (like cows) as exemplary forms of righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s discourse reaches a formal conclusion: the text announces that the eighty-first chapter on cow-gifting, situated within the charity-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, has been completed.