Shloka 58
Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya
The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि आरामतडागवर्णनं नाम अष्टपज्चाशत्तमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ārāma-taḍāga-varṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Anuśāsana Parva, pada bahagian tentang dharma pemberian (dāna), berakhirlah bab kelima puluh lapan yang bertajuk “Huraian tentang taman dan kolam.” (Wacana Bhīṣma diteruskan sebagai ajaran tentang pahala kebajikan awam—mewujudkan rimba teduh untuk beristirahat dan takungan air demi kesejahteraan semua makhluk.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals the close of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction on dāna-dharma, highlighting that creating gardens and water-reservoirs is a high form of charity because it serves many beings over time—offering shade, rest, and water as enduring public welfare.
This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the chapter titled “Description of gardens and ponds” within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, where Bhīṣma is instructing (to Yudhiṣṭhira in context) about meritorious acts connected with giving and sustaining life.