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Shloka 260

Daṇḍa, Ahiṃsā, and Proportional Kingship: The Dyumatsena–Satyavān Dialogue (दण्ड-अहिंसा-विवेकः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रामाण्याक्षेपे षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें धर्मकी प्रामाणिकतापर आक्षेपविषयक दो सौ साठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dharmaprāmāṇyākṣepe ṣaṣṭyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Mokṣa-dharma—das zweihundertsechzigste Kapitel, das einen Einwand gegen die Autorität und Gültigkeit des Dharma behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

धर्मप्रामाण्याक्षेपेin the topic of objection to the authority of dharma

षष्टि-अधिक-द्विशततमःtwo-hundred-sixtieth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Dharma

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 colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is a critical examination of dharma’s prāmāṇya—its claim to be authoritative and binding. Ethically, it frames dharma not as a mere custom but as something whose legitimacy can be questioned and defended through reasoned inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva. It does not advance the plot directly; rather, it formally closes the discussion on an objection regarding the authority of dharma.