Shloka 294

Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle

Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें पराशरगीताविषयक दो सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparva-ke antargata Mokṣadharmaparva-meṁ Parāśaragītā-viṣayaka do sau caurānabevāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā.

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ducentésimo nonagésimo cuarto, sobre el tema de la Parāśara-gītā, dentro de la sección Mokṣa-dharma del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata. Este colofón final señala la culminación del discurso doctrinal sobre la liberación y la recta conducta.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace (Shanti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: book/section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्म: in the Mokshadharma (section on liberation)
• मोक्षधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पराशरगीता: in the Parashara-gita
• पराशरगीता: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशरगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: pertaining to; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशत: two hundred
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुरनवतितमः: ninety-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरनवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Parāśara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Parāśara-gītā within the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, framing the discourse as oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and ethical-spiritual instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section (Mokṣadharma), and the chapter’s topic (Parāśara-gītā), indicating that the chapter has concluded.