Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 364

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan — plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma — s’achève ce chapitre du récit appelé Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna, le trois-cent-soixante-quatrième. Il tient lieu de colophon formel, marquant la fin du chapitre et situant l’enseignement dans le vaste discours du Śānti Parvan sur l’éthique et la délivrance (mokṣa).

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative called Ucchavṛtti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुःषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-sixty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःषष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to frame the teaching by locating it within Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma discourse, where ethical reflection and liberation-oriented dharma are emphasized through illustrative narratives.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter is being formally closed. The text announces that the Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna episode within Mokṣa-dharma (Śānti Parvan) has reached its end, and it records the chapter number as 364.