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Shloka 291

Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पराशरगीतायां एकनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें पराशरगीताविषयक दो सौ इक्यानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi parāśaragītāyāṃ ekanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan and specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section, the two-hundred-and-ninety-first chapter—connected with the teaching called the Parāśara-gītā—comes to an end.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

पराशरगीतायाम्in the Parashara-gita

एकनवत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-ninety-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Parāśara (as the attributed teacher in Parāśara-gītā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it does not state a new doctrine, but situates the preceding teaching within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parvan and identifies it as part of the Parāśara-gītā discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter: it announces that the 291st adhyāya in the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section—associated with Parāśara’s instruction—has concluded.