Shloka 231

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने एकत्रिशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोौक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दो सौ इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānuprasne ekatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārata śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvameṃ śukakā anuprasna-viṣayaka do sau ikatīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત મોક્ષધર્મપર્વમાં શુકના અનુપ્રશ્નવિષયક બે સો એકત્રીસમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan

शुकानुप्रश्नेin (the section on) Śuka's follow-up questions

एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-thirty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Śuka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it formally closes a chapter in the Mokṣadharma discourse, framing the surrounding material as instruction on liberation (mokṣa) presented through Śuka’s continuing inquiries.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, as narrator/editorial voice, announces that the 231st chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva—specifically the portion dealing with Śuka’s follow-up questions—has concluded, indicating a structural break before the next chapter.