Shloka 16
Śiva-stavarāja: Upamanyu’s Preface and Initiation of the Śarva-Nāma Enumeration
Anuśāsana-parva 17
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें मेघवाहनपर्वकी कथाविषयक सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,प्रयत्नेनाधिगन्तव्यं धार्य च प्रयतात्मना । माड़ल्यं पौष्टिकं चैव रक्षोघ्नं पावनं महत्
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata anuśāsanaparvake antargata dānadharmaparvaṇi meghavāhanaparvaṇī kathāviṣayaka ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ | prayatnenādhigantavyaṃ dhāryaṃ ca prayatātmanā | māḍalyaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ caiva rakṣoghnaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat ||
至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中“布施法”（Dāna-dharma）部分，叙述“乘云者”（Meghavāhana）事迹的第十六章圆满结束。其教诲在于：当以克己之心，勤勉求得，并谨慎护持（此法行/此功德）。据说它能带来安泰与滋养，摧伏有害之势，并具广大净化之力；故在达摩之道上价值极高，尤与布施与正行之义相应。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should pursue dharmic merit and right understanding with sustained effort (prayatna) and then preserve it through disciplined conduct (prayatātman). Such practice is praised as nourishing (pauṣṭika), protective against harmful influences (rakṣoghna), and deeply purifying (pāvana), aligning with the ethical thrust of the Dāna-dharma teachings.
The passage functions as a concluding colophon and summative statement: it marks the completion of the sixteenth chapter connected with the Meghavāhana-related narrative within the Dāna-dharma portion of the Anuśāsana Parva, and it closes by highlighting the value of diligent, self-controlled pursuit of the taught dharma.