Shloka 73
गोमहात्म्य-प्रश्नोत्तरम्
Saudāsa–Vasiṣṭha on the Purifying Power of Cows
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्माजी और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmājīndrayor saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikapitumpu’t ikatlong kabanata ng bahaging Dāna-dharma sa loob ng Anuśāsana Parva ng Śrī Mahābhārata, na naglalahad ng pag-uusap nina Brahmā at Indra. Ang pangwakas na tala (colophon) ay tanda ng pagtatapos ng yunit na ito, at inilalagay ang aral bilang bahagi ng etikal na pagtuturo ng Mahābhārata hinggil sa tungkulin at gantimpala ng pagbibigay.
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma (the duty and value of giving), framed through a Brahmā–Indra dialogue and transmitted under Bhīṣma’s authoritative voice.
The text is closing the unit: it announces that the seventy-third chapter—whose subject is the dialogue between Brahmā and Indra within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.