Shloka 278

मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः

Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि हारीतगीतायां अष्टसप्तत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi hārītagītāyāṃ aṣṭasaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva et plus précisément de la section Mokṣa-dharma, le chapitre connu sous le nom de Hārīta-gītā s’achève ici en tant que 278e chapitre. (Il s’agit d’un colophon marquant la fin du chapitre, et non d’un vers doctrinal prononcé.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हारीतगीतायाम्: in the Hārīta-gītā (section)
• हारीतगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारीतगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 278th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Hārīta-gītā
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not add a new teaching, but formally signals that the Hārīta-gītā chapter has concluded within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a unit of instruction attributed to Bhīṣma’s discourse framework; the compiler/editor marks the end of the 278th chapter in this section.