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Shloka 79

Gavāṃ Māhātmya — Go-dāna, Yajña-ādhāra, and Goloka

Brahmā–Indra–Surabhi Itihāsa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके एकोनाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike ekonāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके एकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीsplendor; honorific 'śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the section on the dharma of gifts

गोप्रदानिकेin (the subsection) concerning the gift of cows

एकोनाशीतितमःthe seventy-ninth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva (section)

Go-pradāna (cow-gift)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon, emphasizing that the surrounding discourse belongs to dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), with special focus on go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a valued charitable act within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line marks the formal close of the chapter: it situates the text within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and identifies the chapter’s thematic placement in the gift-ethics section, specifically the episode on cow-gifting.