Shloka 277

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पितापुत्रसंवादे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pitāputrasaṃvāde saptasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma—s’achève le dialogue entre le père et le fils, concluant le deux-cent-soixante-dix-septième chapitre. Ce colophon final situe l’enseignement dans la tradition, comme une instruction éthique et libératrice orientée vers le dharma et le mokṣa.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पितापुत्रसंवादे: in the dialogue of father and son
• पितापुत्रसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितापुत्रसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमः: the two-hundred-seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• pitā (father)
• putra (son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva and is presented as a father–son dialogue, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s role as a vehicle for ethical and liberation-oriented teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally marks the end of the father–son dialogue within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva, identifying the chapter count and situating the discourse within the larger epic structure.