Shloka 324

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवकी उत्पत्तिविषयक तीन सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata mokṣa-dharma-parva-me śukadeva-kī utpatti-viṣayaka trī-śata catur-viṁśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo trescientos veinticuatro, relativo al nacimiento de Śukadeva, dentro de la sección Mokṣadharma del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata. Este colofón final señala la culminación de una unidad de enseñanza orientada a la liberación (mokṣa) y al dharma que conduce a ella.

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 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• पर्व: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• के: in/within (as in -के = -के अन्तर्गत)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मोक्ष: of liberation (mokṣa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the section (parvan)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शुकदेव: of Śukadeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्ति: in (the topic of) origin/birth
• उत्पत्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/relating to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रि: three
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्विंशतितम: twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्य: having been completed
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Past (absolutive/gerund)

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Śukadeva

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 in the Mokṣadharma section, whose broader aim is to frame dharma in relation to liberation (mokṣa), often emphasizing renunciation, self-knowledge, and detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter that dealt with the account of Śukadeva’s origin/birth. It formally marks the end of that adhyāya within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma unit.