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Shloka 3515

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparvaṇi antargata-Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi Ucchavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-pañca-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

So endet das dreihundertfünfundfünfzigste Kapitel des Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, im Abschnitt Gokṣa-dharma, das die Begebenheit um Ucchavṛttikā behandelt. (Die Formel dient als Kolophon und markiert Abschluss und Übergang in der Dharma-Darlegung.)

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणःof the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

गोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Goksha-dharma Parva

उज्छवृत्तिकायाःof Ucchavṛttikā

उपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the episode/legend

त्रिशतपञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमःthree-hundred-fifty-fifth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣadharmaparva

Ucchavṛttikā (upākhyāna)

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 itself is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its ethical significance is structural: it closes an illustrative dharma-episode (upākhyāna) and frames the text as a sequence of completed teachings, encouraging attentive, orderly reception of dharma instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s line marks the end of a chapter in Śānti Parva—specifically the chapter dealing with the Ucchavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣa-dharma section—signaling that the preceding story/discussion has concluded and the text will move on.