Shloka 77

गोशकृन्माहात्म्य-प्रश्नः (On the Merit of Cow-Dung and the Abode of Śrī) / Inquiry into the Sanctity of Cow-Dung

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गौओंकी उत्पत्तिका वर्णनविषयक सतहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi gāvoṃ kī utpattikā varṇanaviṣayaka saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Anuśāsana Parva—khususnya bahagian Dāna-dharma (Dharma Pemberian)—bab ketujuh puluh tujuh yang menghuraikan asal-usul lembu telah pun selesai.

Word by Word

इतिthus (end-quote marker)

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded, contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of gifts)

गवाम्of cows

उत्पत्तेःof the origin

वर्णनविषयकःhaving as its topic the description

सप्तसप्ततितमःseventy-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted, finished

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

cows (gāvaḥ)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon frames the chapter within dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), highlighting the religious and ethical importance of cows as a sacred and socially sustaining gift-object in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding statement (colophon) indicating that the chapter describing the origin of cows—within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has ended.