Shloka 321

Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें पावकाध्ययन नामक तीन सौ इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pāvakādhyayana-nāmakaḥ trayastriṃśad-uttara-triśata-tamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

وهكذا تنتهي في «المهابهارتا» الشريفة، ضمن «شانتِي بَرفا»، وفي قسم «موكشادَرما»، الفصلُ الحادي والعشرون بعد الثلاثمائة، المسمّى «بافاكا-أدهيَايَنا».

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पावकाध्ययननाम: having the name 'Pavakadhyayana'
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावकाध्ययन-नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशतैकविंशतितमः: three-hundred-and-twenty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत-एकविंशति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Pāvaka (Fire/Agni, as implied by the title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it does not add a new teaching, but signals that the chapter titled “Pāvaka-adhyayana” within the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva has concluded, framing the surrounding material as part of Bhīṣma’s liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice closes the chapter by formally naming it and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Śānti Parva → Mokṣadharma section). It functions as a textual boundary marker indicating completion of that adhyāya.