Shloka 58
Bhūmi-dānasya Māhātmya
The Pre-eminence of Land-Gift
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि आरामतडागवर्णनं नाम अष्टपज्चाशत्तमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi ārāma-taḍāga-varṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் அனுஷாசனப் பர்வத்தில், தானதர்மப் பர்வத்தின் உட்பகுதியாகிய ‘ஆராமம்‑தடாகம் (தோட்டங்களும் குளங்களும்) வர்ணனை’ எனப்படும் ஐம்பத்தெட்டாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals the close of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s instruction on dāna-dharma, highlighting that creating gardens and water-reservoirs is a high form of charity because it serves many beings over time—offering shade, rest, and water as enduring public welfare.
This line is a concluding colophon: it marks the end of the chapter titled “Description of gardens and ponds” within the Anuśāsana Parva’s dāna-dharma section, where Bhīṣma is instructing (to Yudhiṣṭhira in context) about meritorious acts connected with giving and sustaining life.