Shloka 85

नक्षत्रेषु श्राद्धफलविधानम् (Śrāddha Outcomes According to Nakṣatras)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें सुवर्णकी उत्पत्तिविषयक पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame suvarṇasya utpatti-viṣayakaḥ pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในอนุศาสนบรรพ ตอนทานธรรมบรรพ บทที่แปดสิบห้า ว่าด้วยกำเนิดแห่งทองคำ ก็สิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

अनुशासनपर्वin the Anushasana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

दानधर्मपर्वin the Dānadharma-parva section

सुवर्णof gold

उत्पत्तिin (the topic of) origin; production

विषयकconcerning; relating to

पञ्चाशीतमःeighty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; full

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Anuśāsana Parva

Dānadharma Parva

Suvarṇa (gold)

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 does not add new doctrine but signals that the instruction belongs to the dharma of giving: wealth (symbolized by gold) is to be understood within ethical restraint and rightful donation, not mere possession.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the completion of a chapter in which Bhīṣma’s discourse (within Anuśāsana Parva’s Dānadharma section) has treated the origin of gold; this line formally closes that chapter in the Gītā Press presentation.