Shloka 235

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ पैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṁ śukadevasya anuprasna-viṣayaka dviśata-pañcatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ducentésimo trigésimo quinto de la sección Mokṣadharma, dentro del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, relativo a las preguntas de seguimiento de Śukadeva. Este colofón final señala la culminación de una secuencia de enseñanzas orientadas a la mokṣa (liberación), donde la indagación y la aclaración se presentan como disciplinas esenciales para la comprensión ética y espiritual.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner/way

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मेंin the Mokṣa-dharma section

शुकदेव-काof Śukadeva

अनुप्रश्न-विषयकconcerning the follow-up questions

द्वि-शत-पञ्च-त्रिंशत्तमःthe 235th

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Śukadeva

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line emphasizes the pedagogical value of anuprasna—asking follow-up questions to remove doubt. In Mokṣadharma contexts, disciplined inquiry is treated as a support for right understanding that leads toward liberation-oriented ethics and inner peace.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is the formal closing statement for a chapter in the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva. It announces that the chapter concerning Śukadeva’s follow-up questions has concluded, marking the end of that unit of instruction.