Shloka 326

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकोत्पत्तौ षड्विंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukotpattau ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «شانتِي بارفَن»—وخاصةً في قسم «موكشا-دهرما»—تنتهي السورة التي تتناول أصل (حكاية مولد) «شوكا»، وهي الفصل السادس والعشرون بعد الثلاثمائة. وهذا خاتمةٌ (كولوفون) تُعلِم بانقضاء القول وتُثبّت موضعه ضمن تعاليم «موكشا-دهرما» التي تُعنى بالأخلاق وبطريق التحرّر.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section

शुकोत्पत्तौin (the topic of) the birth/origin of Śuka

षड्विंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमःthree-hundred-and-twenty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Śuka

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it primarily teaches how the text is organized—placing the preceding teaching/story within the Mokṣa-dharma (liberation-oriented) framework of the Śānti Parvan, and signaling closure and continuity in the transmission of dharma and mokṣa teachings.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon states that the discussion belonged to the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section and that the chapter’s theme was Śuka’s origin (Śukotpatti), identifying it as the 326th chapter.