Shloka 73

गोमहात्म्य-प्रश्नोत्तरम्

Saudāsa–Vasiṣṭha on the Purifying Power of Cows

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्माजी और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi brahmājīndrayor saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ bảy mươi ba của phần Dāna-dharma thuộc Anuśāsana Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata, trình bày cuộc đối thoại giữa Brahmā và Indra. Lời kết (colophon) ghi nhận sự hoàn tất của đơn vị này, đặt giáo huấn ấy vào mạch chỉ dẫn đạo đức của Mahābhārata về bổn phận và công đức của việc 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: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनुशासनपर्वके: in the Anushasana Parva (section)
• अनुशासनपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वमें: in the Dānadharma-parva (section on charity and duty)
• दानधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ब्रह्माजी: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयकः: having as its subject the dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिसप्ततितमः: seventy-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिसप्ततितम
• 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), 3, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Brahmā
• Indra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma (the duty and value of giving), framed through a Brahmā–Indra dialogue and transmitted under Bhīṣma’s authoritative voice.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the unit: it announces that the seventy-third chapter—whose subject is the dialogue between Brahmā and Indra within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva—has been completed.