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Shloka 353

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने त्रिपठचाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttyupākhyāne tripaṭhacaśādadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva—en particular en la sección Mokṣa-dharma—concluye el episodio conocido como el «Upākhyāna del Unccha-vṛtti» (el sustento por el espigueo). Esto marca el fin del capítulo trescientos cincuenta y tres (según indica el colofón).

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यानेin the (sub-)tale called Ucchavṛtti

त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-fifty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the preceding instruction is framed within Mokṣa-dharma and illustrated through the Unccha-vṛtti episode—highlighting ethical restraint and a simple, non-exploitative livelihood as supportive of inner freedom and liberation-oriented living.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and names the just-completed sub-story (Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna), marking the end of the chapter as transmitted in the Gītā Press tradition.