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Shloka 270

परिव्राजक-आचारः (Conduct of the Wandering Renunciant) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 269

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि गोकपिलीये सप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi gokapilīye saptatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the two-hundred-and-seventieth chapter in the Mokṣadharma section of the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the episode concerning the Cow and Kapila.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

गोकपिलीयेin (the sub-section) called Gokapilīya

सप्तत्यधिकseventy-plus; exceeding seventy

द्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-seventieth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Kapila

Go (Cow)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it does not itself teach doctrine, but situates the reader within Mokṣadharma—an instructional context focused on dharma oriented toward liberation (mokṣa), often conveyed through dialogues such as the Go–Kapila episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally states that the chapter has ended within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, specifically in the Go–Kapilīya (Cow and Kapila) episode.