Shloka 71

गोप्रदानविधिः (Gopradāna-vidhi) — Procedure and Praise of Cow-Gifting

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें यमराजका वाक्य नामक इकह्तत्तवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvame Yamarājasya vākya-nāmaka ekasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.

Translation

Như vậy, trong Thánh sử Mahābhārata, thuộc Anuśāsana Parva—đặc biệt trong phần Dāna-dharma Parva (phẩm về pháp bố thí)—chương thứ bảy mươi mốt, mang nhan đề “Lời thuyết của Yama”, đã khép lại. Dòng kết (colophon) này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị giáo huấn, nhấn mạnh lời dạy về đạo hạnh qua những lời uy nghiêm của Yama về chính hạnh và lòng bố thí.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्व: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• यमराजस्य: of Yamaraja
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्य: statement/speech
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named/called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• एकसप्ततितमः: seventy-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete/fulfilled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नाचिकेत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Yamarāja (Yama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter framed as Yama’s authoritative instruction within the Dāna-dharma section; its ethical thrust is that dharma is taught through disciplined guidance, with special emphasis on the moral weight of giving and righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing plot, the text signals closure: it announces that the seventy-first chapter—titled “Yama’s Discourse”—within the Anuśāsana Parva’s Dāna-dharma section has been completed.