Shloka 354

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ चौवनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata gokṣadharma-parva-meṁ ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayaka trī-śata catuḥ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

So endet das dreihundertvierundfünfzigste Kapitel des Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts namens Gokṣadharma Parva, das die erzählerische Episode (upākhyāna) von Ujjhavṛttikā behandelt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: revered/auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace (Shanti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: of the book/section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोक्ष: of Goksha (name/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उज्छवृत्ति: of Ucchavritti (name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• उपाख्यान: of the episode/tale
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रि: three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चतुः: four
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣadharma Parva
• Ujjhavṛttikā (upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as an ethical-didactic upākhyāna (illustrative tale) connected with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the formal end of the chapter: the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva continues, and this particular adhyāya—focused on the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within Gokṣadharma Parva—is declared complete.