Shloka 320

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि सुलभाजनकसंवादे विंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi sulabhā-janaka-saṃvāde viṃśatyadhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma—le dialogue entre Sulabhā et le roi Janaka : le trois-cent-vingtième chapitre.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• सुलभाजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Sulabhā and Janaka
• सुलभाजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुलभाजनकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विंशति: twenty
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• 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
• Sulabhā
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, this line signals the close of the Sulabhā–Janaka dialogue within Mokṣa-dharma, framing the episode as instruction on liberation-oriented dharma: inner freedom, discernment, and the ethical tension between worldly authority and spiritual detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma marks the conclusion of the 320th chapter in Śānti Parva, identifying that the preceding material belonged to the Mokṣa-dharma section and specifically to the conversation between Sulabhā and King Janaka.