Shloka 280

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वृत्रगीतासु अशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vṛtragītāsu aśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—concludes the two-hundred-and-eightieth chapter, belonging to the passages known as the Vṛtra-gītā. This is a colophon marking the end of the chapter and situating the teaching within the larger ethical and liberative discourse delivered by Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• वृत्रगीतासु: among/in the songs (chapters) called ‘Vritra-gita’
• वृत्रगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• अशीत्यधिक: eighty-plus (i.e., exceeding eighty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीत्यधिक
• Form: Masculine, 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
• Vṛtra-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching-verse but a colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma) and labels the chapter as part of the Vṛtra-gītā material, framing the surrounding content as instruction oriented toward liberation and ethical clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon signals that Bhīṣma’s discourse (within Mokṣa-dharma) has reached the end of this adhyāya, and it classifies the section under the heading “Vṛtra-gītā,” a named sub-unit within the Mokṣa-dharma discussions.