Shloka 339
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारययणका माहात्म्यविषयक तीन सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaviṣayakaḥ trīśat-ūnatriṁśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le trois-cent-trente-neuvième chapitre de la section Mokṣadharma, au sein du Śānti Parva du Śrī Mahābhārata, chapitre consacré à proclamer la grandeur de Nārāyaṇa. Le récit se clôt en inscrivant l’enseignement tourné vers la délivrance dans la dévotion et la révérence envers le principe divin suprême.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is Nārāyaṇa’s māhātmya—affirming the supreme divine reality as central to liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣadharma), where devotion and right understanding support the pursuit of mokṣa.
This is a concluding statement (colophon) marking the completion of a chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, identifying its subject as the glorification of Nārāyaṇa and formally closing the chapter.