Shloka 81

Chapter 84: Brahmā’s Counsel on Tāraka, the Search for Agni, and the Genesis of Skanda

Kārttikeya

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि गोप्रदानिके एकाशीतितमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi gopradānike ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《阿努沙萨那篇》（Anuśāsana Parva）中“布施法”（Dāna-dharma）分部里的“施牛”一节，第八十一章告终。此结尾题记表明：此教诲乃毗湿摩关于如法布施（dāna）及其功德的伦理训诫之一部分。

Word by Word

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

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

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

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anuśāsana-parvan
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of gifts
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोप्रदानिके: in (the subsection) concerning the gift of cows
• गोप्रदानिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोप्रदानिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकाशीतितमः: eighty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाशीतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Go-pradāna (gift of cows)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it situates the preceding instruction within the Mahābhārata’s ethical discourse on dāna-dharma, specifically emphasizing go-dāna (the gifting of cows) as a meritorious form of righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the formal close of a chapter: the ‘Go-pradāna’ chapter within the Dāna-dharma portion of Anuśāsana Parva concludes here, signaling a transition to the next unit of instruction.