Shloka 365

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शतसाहरूयां संहितायां वैयासिक्यां शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने पञज्चषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the sacred Mahābhārata—within the Vaiyāsika compilation of the hundred-thousand-verse Saṃhitā—this concludes the chapter in the Śānti Parvan, in the Mokṣa-dharma section, in the episode concerning Ujjhavaṛtti: the three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth chapter (i.e., the 365th).

Word by Word

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

• श्री: glory; auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शतसाहस्र्यां: in the (collection) of one hundred thousand (verses)
• शतसाहस्र्यां: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसाहस्री
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• संहितायां: in the compilation; in the collection
• संहितायां: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वैयासिक्यां: in the Vyāsa-tradition; composed by Vyāsa
• वैयासिक्यां: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैयासिकी
• Form: Feminine, 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

• उच्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the episode (upākhyāna) of Ucchavṛtti
• उच्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-sixty-fifth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चषष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vyāsa (implied by vaiyāsikī)
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Ujjhavaṛtti (episode title)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma section → Ujjhavaṛtti episode). Rather than giving a new doctrine, it frames the preceding material as part of the liberation-oriented teachings of Mokṣa-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice signals the end of the chapter, identifying the larger work (Mahābhārata), the recension (Vaiyāsika), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the embedded tale (Ujjhavaṛtti). It functions as a formal closure and cataloging marker.