Shloka 322

Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि धर्ममूलिको नाम द्वाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dharmamūliko nāma dvāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত মোক্ষধৰ্মপৰ্বত ‘ধৰ্মমূলিক’ নামৰ তিনশ বাইশতম অধ্যায়।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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 Mokṣa-dharma section (parvan)
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्ममूलिकः: having dharma as its basis; dharma-rooted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्ममूलिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• द्वाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-twenty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line signals the chapter’s theme: dharma is presented as the foundational root—implying that ethical order and right conduct underpin higher aims such as peace of mind and liberation (mokṣa) in the Mokṣa-dharma discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement of the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, marking the end of Adhyāya 322 titled “Dharmamūlika.”