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Shloka 248

Bhūta-guṇa-saṃkhyāna

Enumeration of the Properties of the Elements and Cognitive Faculties

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मीक्षधर्यपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ अड़़तालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Mokṣa-dharma-Abschnitt—das zweihundertachtundvierzigste Kapitel, das Śukas weitere Befragung betrifft. Dies ist das formale Kolophon, das den Abschluss des Kapitels und seinen thematischen Rahmen kennzeichnet: auf Befreiung ausgerichtetes Dharma, erschlossen durch Śukas Fragen.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

शुकानुप्रश्नेin (the topic of) Shuka's follow-up question(s)

अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमःthe 248th

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śuka

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching as belonging to Mokṣa-dharma (liberation-oriented dharma) and signals that the chapter’s discussion is structured around Śuka’s further inquiry, emphasizing the pedagogical method of questioning in spiritual instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally records its placement within the Mahābhārata (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma section) and identifies the chapter’s topic as Śuka’s follow-up questions, marking the end of the 248th chapter.