Shloka 344

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye catuḥṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Mokṣa-dharma—der Teil Nārāyaṇīya: das dreihundertvierundvierzigste Kapitel, das von der Herrlichkeit Nārāyaṇas handelt.“ Dies ist ein formeller Kolophon, der den Abschluss des Kapitels markiert und es in die ethischen und befreienden Lehren der Śānti Parva einordnet.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारायणीये: in the Narayaniya (portion)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्: forty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: over and above; plus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇīya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of Mokṣa-dharma and the Nārāyaṇīya, emphasizing that liberation-oriented ethics and devotion/theology of Nārāyaṇa are the context of the completed chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter close. The text identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic unit (Nārāyaṇīya), and states that the 344th chapter has concluded.