Shloka 80
Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya
Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके अशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਦਾਨ-ਧਰਮ ਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਗੋਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ’ ਨਾਮਕ ਅੱਸੀਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter focused on dāna-dharma, specifically go-pradāna (donating cows). It signals that the preceding discourse should be read as a coherent ethical instruction on righteous giving and its religious-social value.
Bhīṣma’s instruction concludes a chapter; the text formally closes the unit by naming the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the thematic section (dāna-dharma), the specific topic (go-pradāna), and the chapter number (80th).