Shloka 68

गोप्रदान-माहात्म्ये गोलोक-प्रश्नः

Gopradāna-Māhātmya: Inquiry into Goloka

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि यमब्राह्मणसंवादे अष्टषष्टितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें यम और ब्राह्मणका संवादविषयक अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi yamabrāhmaṇasaṃvāde aṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—cụ thể trong phần Dāna-dharma—chương thứ sáu mươi tám, trình bày cuộc đối thoại giữa Yama và một vị Bà-la-môn, đã kết thúc. Lời kết ghi nhận sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị giáo huấn, đặt cuộc bàn luận trước đó như lời chỉ dạy về bố thí và hạnh kiểm chính trực.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dāna-dharma section
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यमब्राह्मणसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yama and the Brāhmaṇa
• यमब्राह्मणसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमब्राह्मणसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टषष्टितमः: sixty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Yama
• Brāhmaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself teaches by framing the preceding material as authoritative instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through a moral dialogue involving Yama, emphasizing that charity is to be understood within the wider order of dharma and justice.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the text announces that the sixty-eighth adhyāya—centered on the conversation between Yama and a Brāhmaṇa within the dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has ended.