Shloka 81

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon nagtatapos ang ikawalo’t isang kabanata, ang bahagi tungkol sa pag-aalay ng mga baka, sa loob ng sangay na ‘Dāna-dharma’ ng Anuśāsana Parva ng banal na Mahābhārata. Ang pangwakas na kolopon na ito’y naglalarawan sa aral bilang bahagi ng etikal na pagtuturo ni Bhīṣma hinggil sa matuwid na pagbibigay (dāna) at sa mga gantimpala nitong kabutihan.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of gifts
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोप्रदानिके: in (the subsection) concerning the gift of cows
• गोप्रदानिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्रदानिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Go-pradāna (gift of cows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it situates the preceding instruction within the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma, specifically emphasizing go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a meritorious form of righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the formal close of a chapter: the ‘Go-pradāna’ chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva concludes here, signaling a transition to the next unit of instruction.