Shloka 238

अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-निर्णयः

Adhyātma Taxonomy: Elements, Faculties, and Guṇas

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दी सौ अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukadevasya anuprasna-viṣayakaḥ dvi-śata-aṣṭatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثامن والثلاثون بعد المئتين من قسم موكشادَرما ضمن شانتِي پَرفا من المهابهاراتا المقدّسة، في شأن أسئلة شوكاديفا اللاحقة. وهذه الخاتمةُ الرسمية (الكولوفون) تُعلن تمامَ مقالةٍ تأمّليةٍ متجهةٍ إلى التحرّر، وتؤكّد أنّ الفهم الأخلاقي والروحي إنما يترقّى بالسؤال المنضبط وبالإيضاح المُحكَم.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner, way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेin the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded, contained

गोक्षधर्मपर्वमेंin the Mokshadharma Parva

शुकदेवस्यof Shukadeva

अनुप्रश्नविषयकpertaining to the follow-up questions

द्विशताष्टत्रिंशत्तमःtwo-hundred thirty-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted, concluded

अभवत्was, became

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Śukadeva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the pedagogical value of anuprasna—careful follow-up questioning—as a means to refine understanding of dharma and mokṣa; wisdom is presented as something clarified through inquiry and completion of structured discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement: it marks the completion of the 238th chapter within the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva, specifically the chapter whose subject is Śukadeva’s follow-up questions.