Shloka 345

Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry

Mahābhārata 12.347

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» الشريفة، ضمن «بارفا شانتي»—وخاصةً في قسم «موكشادَرما»، في «نارايَنيّا»—تنتهي هنا الفصولُ الثلاثمائةُ والسابعُ والأربعون (347).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारायणीये: in the Nārāyaṇīya (subsection)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-forty-fifth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇīya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s internal divisions (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣadharma → Nārāyaṇīya). Its function is organizational rather than doctrinal, though it signals that the surrounding material belongs to the liberation-oriented Mokṣadharma teachings and the Nārāyaṇīya devotional-philosophical context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not part of the spoken dialogue; it is an editorial closing formula indicating that the chapter has concluded and identifying its placement within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣadharma section, specifically within the Nārāyaṇīya portion.