Shloka 352

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trayas-śata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

وهكذا ينتهي الفصل الثاني والخمسون بعد الثلاثمائة من «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «شانتِي پرفا»، في القسم المعروف بـ«غوكشا-دهرما پرفا»، المتناول للحكاية التمثيلية (upākhyāna) الخاصة بـ«أُجّهافْرِتّيكَا». ويُعلن هذا الخاتم (colophon) اكتمال هذه الوحدة التعليمية، مُؤطِّرًا السرد بوصفه مثالًا موجَّهًا للدharma ضمن تعليم بهيشما ليودهيشثيرا.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शान्तिपर्वस्य: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Goksha-dharma Parva (section)
• गोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उज्छवृत्तिकायाः: of Ucchavrittika (name/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्तिका
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यान: of the episode/tale
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; having as its subject
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशत: three hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्विपञ्चाशत्तमः: three hundred fifty-second (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरितः: completed/finished
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past (PPP)

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣadharma Parva
• Ujjhavṛttikā (upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a dharma-teaching delivered through an upākhyāna (illustrative tale). Its function is to mark closure and to situate the lesson within Śānti Parva’s broader ethical and governance-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text announces the completion of the chapter dealing with the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker indicating that Bhīṣma’s current unit of discourse has concluded.