Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 132
ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः
Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि दिग्गजानां रहस्ये द्वात्रिशदिधिकशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi diggajānāṃ rahasye dvātriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging tumatalakay sa dharma ng pagbibigay—nagtatapos ang ika-132 kabanata, hinggil sa lihim na aral tungkol sa mga elepanteng tagapagbantay ng mga direksiyon. Ito ang pangwakas na kolofon na nagmamarka sa pagtatapos ng kabanata at sa balangkas nitong etikal: ang turo sa wastong pagbibigay (dāna) bilang isang mukha ng dharma.
रेणुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it frames the chapter within the broader ethical discourse of the Anuśāsana Parva, emphasizing dāna-dharma (the righteous principles of giving) and indicating that the chapter’s topic is an esoteric account connected with the diggajās (directional elephants), a cosmological motif used to situate moral instruction within a sacred worldview.
The verse is not narrative action but a formal closing marker: it announces that the chapter has concluded, identifies the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the sub-section (dāna-dharma), and the chapter’s subject (the ‘secret’ concerning the elephants of the directions).