Shloka 364

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So schließt im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Śānti Parvan — insbesondere im Abschnitt Mokṣa-dharma — dieses Kapitel der Erzählung namens Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna, das dreihundertvierundsechzigste Kapitel. Es dient als formales Kolophon, das das Ende des Kapitels vermerkt und die Lehre in den größeren, auf Ethik und Befreiung (mokṣa) gerichteten Diskurs des Śānti Parvan einordnet.

Word by Word

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

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

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative called Ucchavṛtti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to frame the teaching by locating it within Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma discourse, where ethical reflection and liberation-oriented dharma are emphasized through illustrative narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally closed. The text announces that the Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna episode within Mokṣa-dharma (Śānti Parvan) has reached its end, and it records the chapter number as 364.