Shloka 306

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे षडधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭhakarālajanakasaṃvāde ṣaḍadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ઇતિ શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના મોક્ષધર્મપર્વમાં વસિષ્ઠ, કરાલ અને જનકના સંવાદનો ત્રણસો છઠ્ઠો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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

• वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka
• वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ-कराल-जनक-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षडधिकत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahabharata
• Shanti Parva
• Moksha-dharma Parva
• Vasistha
• Karala
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, indicating that the preceding material was presented as a dialogue among Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka—typically a setting for teachings on liberation-oriented dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter: it announces the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), the dialogue frame (Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka), and the chapter number (306), signaling that the conversation episode has concluded.