Shloka 73
गोमहात्म्य-प्रश्नोत्तरम्
Saudāsa–Vasiṣṭha on the Purifying Power of Cows
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्माजी और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmājīndrayor saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि ब्रह्मेन्द्रसंवादे त्रिसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma (the duty and value of giving), framed through a Brahmā–Indra dialogue and transmitted under Bhīṣma’s authoritative voice.
The text is closing the unit: it announces that the seventy-third chapter—whose subject is the dialogue between Brahmā and Indra within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.