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Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttyupākhyāne ṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically in the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the three-hundred-and-sixtieth chapter, concerning the episode (upākhyāna) of Ucchavṛtti. (The accompanying Hindi colophon likewise states that this chapter is completed.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Ucchavritti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred and sixtieth
• षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Ucchavṛtti (as an episode/theme)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; by naming the 'Ucchavṛtti' episode within Mokṣa-dharma, it frames the preceding discussion as guidance toward liberation through disciplined, minimally harmful living and ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it formally states that the chapter in Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section—centered on the Ucchavṛtti episode—has ended.