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Shloka 237

भिक्षुलक्षणम्—एकचर्याः, अहिंसा, कैवल्याश्रमः

Marks of the Mendicant: Solitary Wandering, Non-Injury, and the Kaivalya-Discipline

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने सप्तत्रिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne saptatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le deux-cent-trente-septième chapitre de la section Mokṣadharma du Śānti Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, dans le cadre de l’interrogation de Śuka—ainsi le déclare Vyāsa.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section (parvan)

शुकानुप्रश्नेin the (topic of) Śuka's follow-up question(s)

सप्तत्रिंशत्thirty-seven

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Śuka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within Mokṣadharma, framing the surrounding material as part of a liberation-oriented ethical discourse presented in response to Śuka’s inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa’s speaker tag and the colophon together mark a formal transition: the chapter concludes, and the text identifies its location—Śānti Parva → Mokṣadharma section → the sequence connected with Śuka’s questions.