Shloka 265

यज्ञेऽहिंसा-प्राधान्यम्

Primacy of Non-Harm in Sacrificial Ethics

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि विचख्नुगीतायां पज्चषष्ट्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vicakhnu-gītāyāṃ pañcaṣaṣṭy-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva and specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section, the two-hundred-and-sixty-fifth chapter concerning the teaching known as the Vicakhnu-gītā comes to an end. (This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter rather than a spoken doctrinal verse.)

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-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विचख्नुगीतायाम्: in the (section called) Vicakhnu-gītā
• विचख्नुगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विचख्नुगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-sixty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vicakhnu-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending notice). It does not present a new teaching; it formally signals that the Vicakhnu-gītā discourse within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the specific discourse title (Vicakhnu-gītā), then states that the 265th chapter has ended.