Shloka 335

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये पज्चत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye pañcatriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi s’achève, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma, dans le passage Nārāyaṇīya—le trois-cent-trente-cinquième chapitre (adhyāya 335).

Word by Word

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

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

• नारायणीये: in the Nārāyaṇīya (subsection)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चत्रिंशत्: thirty-five
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth (ordinal)
• 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 Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Nārāyaṇīya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the textual boundary of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan, specifically the Mokṣa-dharma teachings and the Nārāyaṇīya portion, thereby framing the surrounding discourse as oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and devotion to Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally announces that the adhyāya has ended and identifies its placement within the larger structure of the epic (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma → Nārāyaṇīya).