Shloka 363

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne triṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» الجليلة، ضمن «شانتِي بارفا»—وخاصةً في قسم «موكشا-دهرما»—تنتهي الحكاية الفرعية المعروفة بـ«أوباخيانا أُجّها-فْرِتّي»، وبذلك يُختَتم الفصل الثالثُ والستون بعد الثلاثمائة (الأدهيایا 363).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative (upakhyana) of Ucchavritti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-sixty-third
• त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

सूर्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a teaching verse. Its function is to locate the preceding instruction within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section, and to mark the end of the relevant chapter/episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally concluding an adhyāya and identifying the sub-episode (upākhyāna) to which it belongs. It signals a transition point: the end of the Ujjha-vṛtti illustrative tale within Mokṣa-dharma.