Shloka 361

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने एकषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne ekaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the narrative episode known as the “Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna.” This marks the conclusion of the 361st chapter.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation 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 Mokṣadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• एकषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-sixty-first
• एकषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकषष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna
• Brāhmaṇa (speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the closure of a Mokṣa-dharma teaching unit by formally naming the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the embedded tale (Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna). Its function is to frame and authenticate the transmission of ethical and liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses to mark an ending: the Ujjha-vṛtti episode within Mokṣa-dharma concludes here, and the chapter count is stated. It is a formal editorial closure indicating that the Brāhmaṇa speaker’s segment has reached its endpoint.