Shloka 68

गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः

Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि यमब्राह्मणसंवादे अष्टषष्टितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें यम और ब्राह्मणका संवादविषयक अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi yamabrāhmaṇasaṃvāde aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ อนุศาสนปรวะ ภาคทานธรรม ตอนสนทนาระหว่างยมกับพราหมณ์ บทที่หกสิบแปดได้สิ้นสุดลงแล้ว

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

अनुशासनपर्वणिin the Anuśāsana-parvan

दानधर्मपर्वणिin the Dāna-dharma section

यमब्राह्मणसंवादेin the dialogue of Yama and the Brāhmaṇa

अष्टषष्टितमःsixty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dāna-dharma Parva

Yama

Brāhmaṇa

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?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the preceding material as authoritative instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through a moral dialogue involving Yama, emphasizing that charity is to be understood within the wider order of dharma and justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the text announces that the sixty-eighth adhyāya—centered on the conversation between Yama and a Brāhmaṇa within the dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has ended.