Shloka 261

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे एकषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde ekaṣaṣṭyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي الفصلُ الحادي والستون بعد المئتين من «شَانتي بَرفا» من «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن قسم «موكشادَرما»، في حوار تُولاذارا وجاجالي.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspicious; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादेin the dialogue of Tulādhāra and Jājali

एकषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-sixty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma

Tulādhāra

Jājali

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?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a teaching verse. It situates the reader: the material belongs to the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section and is framed as the dialogue between Tulādhāra and Jājali, a setting typically used to convey ethical and liberative dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally announces that the current adhyāya within the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue has ended, helping preserve structure and attribution in the transmission of the Mahābhārata.