Shloka 266

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि चिरकारिकोपाख्याने षट्षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi cirakārikopākhyāne ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan—specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the two-hundred and sixty-sixth chapter, the episode known as the “Tale of Cirakārī”. (This is the formal colophon marking the close of the chapter.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 Mokṣa-dharma section (parvan)
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चिरकारिकोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the tale of) Cirakārī
• चिरकारिकोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकारिकोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्टि: sixty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan/section
• Cirakārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a teaching episode (Cirakārī’s tale) placed within Mokṣa-dharma, where stories are used to illuminate ethical discernment and the pursuit of liberation-oriented values.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally states that, within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section, the ‘Cirakārī’ sub-story has reached its end, and it identifies the chapter number (266).