Shloka 45
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विवाहधर्मे यमगाथा नाम पज्चचत्वारिंशो5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vivāhadharme yamagāthā nāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் அனுஷாசனபர்வத்தில் உள்ள தானதர்மபர்வத்தில், விவாகதர்மப் பகுதியில் ‘யமகாதா’ எனப் பெயருடைய நாற்பத்தைந்தாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—framed under dāna-dharma and specifically vivāha-dharma, titled Yamagāthā—has concluded, emphasizing the text’s organization of ethical teachings within dharma.
The discourse attributed to Bhīṣma reaches a formal stopping point: the editor’s/reciter’s closing formula identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Anuśāsana), the internal section (dāna-dharma), the topic (vivāha-dharma), and the chapter title (Yamagāthā), marking the end of the forty-fifth chapter.