Shloka 329

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि एकोनत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहद़्ा भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें तीन सौ उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ekonatriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section—the three-hundred-and-twenty-ninth chapter concludes. (This is a colophon marking the end of the chapter rather than a spoken doctrinal verse.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

एकोनत्रिंशत्twenty-nine (one less than thirty)

अधिकadded; plus

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

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 (chapter-ending marker). It does not present a new teaching; it situates the text within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Mokṣa-dharma section, emphasizing the work’s organization around dharma and liberation-oriented discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The statement formally records that the 329th adhyāya of the Mokṣa-dharma portion within the Śānti Parva has ended.