Shloka 77

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रभवकथने सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi goprabhavakathane saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di bawah Anuśāsana Parva, dalam bahagian dharma pemberian (Dāna-dharma Parva), tamatlah bab ketujuh puluh tujuh—yang mengisahkan asal-usul lembu.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the holy Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

गोप्रभवकथनेin the narration of the origin of cows

सप्तसप्ततितमःseventy-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva (section)

Go-prabhava (origin of cows)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon, situating the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s ethical instruction on dāna (charitable giving). By naming the dāna-dharma section and the topic of the cows’ origin, it frames the preceding material as guidance on righteous generosity and its sacred context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s line marks the formal close of the chapter: it identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s theme (the account of the origin of cows), concluding the seventy-seventh adhyāya.