Shloka 333

नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकोत्पतनसमाप्तिरनाम त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukotpatanasamāptir nāma trayastriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el venerable Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva—en particular, en la sección Mokṣadharma—termina el capítulo trescientos treinta y tres, titulado «Conclusión de la partida (vuelo/ascenso) de Śuka».

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाin the great

भारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section

शुकोत्पतनसमाप्तिःthe conclusion of 'Śuka's departure/flight'

नामnamed; called

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्thirty-three

अधिकadditional; over and above

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śuka

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?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a Mokṣa-dharma chapter centered on Śuka, whose departure/ascent functions as a narrative emblem of liberation—transcending worldly ties and culminating in spiritual consummation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, titled “Śukotpatanasamāpti.” It marks the end of the episode/discourse concerning Śuka’s departure (utpatana) and the completion of that chapter’s instruction.