Shloka 241

Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने एकचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दी सौ इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi śukānupraśne ekacatvāriṁśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | itthaṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukadevasya anupraśna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-eka-catvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ |

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বত শুকানুপ্ৰশ্ন-বিষয়ক দু’শ একচল্লিশতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• शुकानुप्रश्ने: in (the section/chapter) concerning Śuka's follow-up question(s)
• शुकानुप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकानुप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमः: the 241st
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Śuka (Śukadeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it does not present a new doctrinal teaching itself, but situates the preceding instruction within Mokṣadharma—teachings oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and the ethical-spiritual path.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the 241st chapter of the Śānti Parvan, identifying its subject as Śuka’s follow-up inquiry and noting that this portion belongs to the Mokṣadharma section.