Shloka 76

Go-mahātmyam: Pavitrāṇāṃ Pavitraṃ

Cows and Ghee as Supreme Purifiers

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें गोदानकथनविषयक छिह्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi godāna-kathanaviṣayakaḥ ṣaṭsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

至此，在神圣的《摩诃婆罗多》中，于《教诫篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）之《布施法篇》（Dāna-dharma Parva）内，叙述施牛之事的第七十六章告终。

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dana-dharma section (parva)
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोदानकथनविषयके: having as topic the narration of cow-gift (go-dana)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोदानकथनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्सप्ततितमः: seventy-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्सप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• go-dāna (gift of cows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals the completion of a chapter centered on go-dāna (the gifting of cows), highlighting dāna as a key expression of dharma—ethical responsibility fulfilled through generous, socially sustaining giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal close for this unit: the seventy-sixth chapter within the Dāna-dharma section of the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically the chapter whose topic is the account/teaching concerning cow-gifts.