Shloka 328

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनं नामाष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi anadhyāyanimittakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva und in dessen Mokṣa-dharma-Abschnitt, das dreihundertachtundzwanzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Darlegung der Ursachen für die Aussetzung des Vedastudiums (Anadhyāya)“.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनम्: the narration/exposition of the causes of (Vedic) non-recitation
• अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनध्याय-निमित्त-कथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-twenty-eighth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशति-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• 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
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a concluding colophon indicating that the chapter’s subject is anadhyāya—when and why Vedic recitation/study should be suspended. The ethical thrust is that even sacred learning is governed by discipline and context; dharma includes knowing proper times and conditions for study.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva. It formally names the chapter (“Account of the causes of anadhyāya”) and gives its chapter number, functioning as an editorial/structural marker rather than a spoken verse-content.