Shloka 79

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानविषयक उन्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāra śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godāna-viṣayaka ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Так завершается восемьдесят девятая глава о дарении коров, в разделе о дхарме дарения, в Анушасана-парве великой «Махабхараты».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा: the venerable great
• श्रीमहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमहा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Mahabharata
• भारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वके: of the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वमें: in the Dana-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोदानविषयक: concerning the gift of cows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोदानविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उन्यासीवाँ: seventy-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उन्यासी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Go-dāna (gift of cows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding instruction as part of dāna-dharma, highlighting go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a valued charitable act within the ethical system of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the eighty-ninth chapter dealing with cow-gift has been completed within the Anuśāsana Parva’s section on the dharma of giving.