Shloka 354

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne catuḥpañcāśadadhikatrizatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—this concludes the narrative episode known as the Upākhyāna of Ucchavṛtti; here ends the three-hundred-and-fifty-sixth chapter (the 356th adhyāya).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣa-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative (upākhyāna) of Ucchavṛtti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-fifty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःपञ्चाशत्-अधिक-त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and its placement within the Mokṣa-dharma teachings of the Śānti Parvan, signaling that the preceding episode functions as an ethical-spiritual illustration within the larger discourse on liberation and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally concluding the Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna and identifying the exact location: Mahābhārata → Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma section → Chapter 356.