Shloka 66

Gopradāna-phalasaṃprāpti: Nāciketa’s Vision of Vaivasvata’s Realms (गोप्रदानफलसम्प्राप्तिः — नाचिकेतोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsana-parvake antargata dāna-dharma-parvameṃ chāchhaṭhavāṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ sáu mươi sáu trong phần Dāna-dharma thuộc Anuśāsana Parva của bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính đã kết thúc. Lời thuyết giảng dừng tại đây, đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của đơn vị giáo huấn về đạo lý bố thí và hạnh kiểm chính trực.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner; by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्री: glory; honorific (Śrī)
• श्री: Karta
• 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: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma-parvan (section on the duty of giving)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्

• षष्टितमः: sixty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it does not add new doctrine, but signals the completion of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma (ethics of giving) instruction within Anuśāsana Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the end of the chapter—closing the current segment of Bhīṣma’s didactic discourse—by formally stating that the sixty-sixth chapter of the Dāna-dharma section within Anuśāsana Parva is complete.