Shloka 339

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye ekonacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section, in the Nārāyaṇīya—ends the three-hundred-and-fortieth chapter (i.e., the 340th).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

नारायणीयेin the Narayaniya (subsection)

एकोनचत्वारिंशत्thirty-nine (one less than forty)

अधिकadditional; over and above

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Nārāyaṇīya

Nārāyaṇa

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 marking the end of a chapter; it does not add new doctrine, but situates the teaching within the Mokṣa-dharma and Nārāyaṇīya framework—i.e., liberation-oriented dharma and devotion/philosophy centered on Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Śānti Parva. It functions as an editorial/structural closure, identifying the parva, sub-parva, section, and the chapter number.