Shloka 76

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानकथनविषयक छिह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godāna-kathanaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोदानकथनविषयकः षट्सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतेincluded; contained (within)

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dana-dharma section (parva)

गोदानकथनविषयकेhaving as topic the narration of cow-gift (go-dana)

षट्सप्ततितमःseventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; concluded

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

go-dāna (gift 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?

The colophon signals the completion of a chapter centered on go-dāna (the gifting of cows), highlighting dāna as a key expression of dharma—ethical responsibility fulfilled through generous, socially sustaining giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal close for this unit: the seventy-sixth chapter within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically the chapter whose topic is the account/teaching concerning cow-gifts.