Shloka 82
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें लक्ष्मी और गौओंका संवादनामक बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi lakṣmī-gavāṃ saṃvāda-nāmakaḥ dvāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि लक्ष्मीगोसंवादो नाम द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon marks the completion of a discourse situated in the dharma of giving: prosperity (Lakṣmī) and sacred sustenance/wealth (the cow) are presented as ethical symbols, reinforcing that righteous generosity and proper valuation of sacred resources uphold social and moral order.
This is an editorial/colophon-style closing line: it announces that the eighty-second chapter—titled “Lakṣmī and the Cows: a Dialogue”—has concluded within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, in the Mahābhārata’s instructional sequence spoken by Bhīṣma.