Shloka 49
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि विवाहधर्मे पुत्रप्रतिनिधिकथने एकोनपज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi vivāhadharme putrapratinidhikathane ekonapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sa gayon, sa kagalang-galang na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Dāna-dharma at sa konteksto ng dharma ng pag-aasawa—nagtatapos ang ika-apatnapu’t siyam na kabanata, na tumatalakay sa pagtatalaga ng isang kinatawan upang magkaanak na lalaki. Ipinahihiwatig ng pangwakas na tala na ang araling ito ay inilalahad bilang tungkuling may tuntunin at kaayusang panlipunan at etikal, hindi bilang pagnanasa ng sarili.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse’s function is to frame the preceding instruction as dharma-śāstra-like guidance: questions of marriage and securing offspring are treated as regulated duties tied to lineage and social responsibility, not merely private preference.
The chapter concludes. The text signals that, within Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional discourse, the unit on dāna-dharma has reached a subsection on marriage-dharma, specifically the discussion of appointing a representative for begetting a son; the forty-ninth chapter is declared complete.