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Shloka 310

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे दशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde daśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثلاثمائة والعاشر من «شانتِي بارفا» في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن قسم «موكشادارما»، في الحوار بين ياجْنَفَلْكْيَا والملك جانَكا. وتُثبت الخاتمةُ (القولوفون) إغلاقَ هذه الحلقة التعليمية، مؤطِّرةً إياها بوصفها إرشادًا في التحرّر والفهم القويم، لا فعلًا في ميدان القتال.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादेin the dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Janaka

दशाधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-tenth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Yājñavalkya

Janaka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, this line does not state a new doctrine; it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to Mokṣadharma—guidance oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) through right understanding, disciplined living, and insight into the self.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue within the Śānti Parva, indicating that this portion of the Mahābhārata is a reflective, didactic setting where sages instruct rulers on peace, duty, and liberation after the war.