Shloka 349

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि द्वैपायनोत्पत्तौ एकोनपजञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dvaipāyanotpattau ekonapañcāśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva and its Mokṣa-dharma section, concludes the chapter on the birth/origin of Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)—the 349th chapter.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

द्वैपायनोत्पत्तौin (the chapter on) the birth/origin of Dvaipayana (Vyasa)

एकोनपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-fiftieth (i.e., 351st minus 1) / the 350th

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Character Dynamics

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 close of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section; it signals a transition from narrative to reflection, framing Vyāsa (Dvaipāyana) as a foundational authority for dharma and liberation teachings that follow in Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding an adhyāya identified as the episode concerning Dvaipāyana’s origin/birth (dvaipāyanotpatti). It functions as an editorial/structural marker rather than a spoken narrative sentence.