Shloka 356

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने षट्पञज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttyupākhyāne ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Mokṣadharma—das Kapitel der Erzählung namens „Upākhyāna von Ucchavṛtti“, das dreihundertachtundfünfzigste Kapitel. (Ein Kolophon, das den Abschluss des Kapitels markiert.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यानेin the narrative called 'Uच्छवृत्ति'

षट्पञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-fifty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it formally closes the chapter and situates it within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, whose broader concern is dharma oriented toward liberation (mokṣa), often emphasizing restraint, simplicity, and ethical living.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is marking the end of an episode titled “Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna” and identifying it as the 358th chapter within the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva in the Mahābhārata.