Shloka 72

गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्

Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत अनुशासनपरव्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानसम्बन्धी बहतत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godānasambandhī bahattaratamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》阿努沙娑那篇中“施舍之法”之“牛施”第七十二章终。

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: venerable; auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahabharata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गोदानसम्बन्धी: related to the gift of cows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोदानसम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहत्तरतमः: seventy-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहत्तरतम
• 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 (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Go-dāna (cow-gift)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a teaching unit on dāna-dharma, specifically go-dāna. In the ethical frame of the Anuśāsana Parva, such endings emphasize that charity—performed with right intention and according to dharma—is a structured discipline with distinct topics and conclusions.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a closing colophon rather than a spoken verse: it announces that the seventy-second chapter dealing with cow-gifts, within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, has concluded.