Shloka 328

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें अनध्यायके कारणका कथन नामक तीन सौ जअद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi anadhyāyakāraṇakathana-nāma trīśata-aṣṭāviṃśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the three-hundred-and-twenty-eighth chapter of the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Gokṣa-dharma section, entitled “The Account of the Cause for Anadhyāya (suspension of Vedic study).” This colophon marks the completion of Bhīṣma’s discourse on when and why sacred study is to be paused in accordance with dharma.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: of the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: in the Goksha-dharma Parva (section)
• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनध्यायके: of non-recitation (anadhyaya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कारणका: of the cause/reason
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कथन: statement/narration
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नामक: named/called
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नामक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशत: three-hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टाविंशतितमः: twenty-eighth (as ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣa-dharma-parva
• Anadhyāya
• Bhīṣma