Shloka 315

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें याज़वल्क्य और जनकके संवादमें तीन सौ पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate mokṣa-dharma-parvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde trī-śata-pañca-daśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section—this concludes Chapter 315 of the dialogue between Yājñavalkya and King Janaka.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मध्ये: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञवल्क्य: of Yājñavalkya
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जनक: of Janaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रि-शत-पञ्च-दश-तमः: three-hundred-and-fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-शत-पञ्च-दश-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva. Its ethical-literary function is to frame the preceding material as liberation-oriented dharma taught through a dialogue between a sage (Yājñavalkya) and an ideal seeker-king (Janaka).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: Chapter 315 of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue has ended within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker used in the tradition to organize the discourse.