Shloka 80

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके अशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike aśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے انوشاسن پَرو کے دان دھرم پَرو میں ‘گوپردان’ کے نام سے اسیواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• महा: in the great (work)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, 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 sub-section) on gifting cows
• गोप्रदानिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप्रदानिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अशीतितमः: eightieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter focused on dāna-dharma, specifically go-pradāna (donating cows). It signals that the preceding discourse should be read as a coherent ethical instruction on righteous giving and its religious-social value.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s instruction concludes a chapter; the text formally closes the unit by naming the larger book (Anuśāsana Parva), the thematic section (dāna-dharma), the specific topic (go-pradāna), and the chapter number (80th).