Shloka 307

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादविषयक तीन सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṁ vasiṣṭha-karāla-janaka-saṁvāda-viṣayaka trī-śata-saptamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat

Translation

So endet das dreihundertsiebte Kapitel des Mokṣadharma-Abschnitts innerhalb des Śānti Parva der Śrī Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Vasiṣṭha, Karāla und König Janaka behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतम्the Mahabharata

शान्तिof peace; Shanti

पर्वbook; section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

मोक्षधर्मin the Moksha-dharma (section on liberation)

पर्वin the parva/section

वसिष्ठof Vasiṣṭha

करालof Karāla

जनकof Janaka

संवादin the dialogue

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

त्रिthree

शतhundred

सप्तseven

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Karāla

Janaka

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Mahābhārata

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s teaching has been completed and identifies its subject as the Mokṣadharma-oriented dialogue involving Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka—framing the discourse as guidance toward liberation and right understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, naming the dialogue’s participants and indicating that the three hundred and seventh chapter has concluded.