Shloka 268

नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि गोकपिलीये अष्टषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi gokapilīye aṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvameṃ gokapilīyopākhyāna-viṣayaka do sau aṛasaṭhavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Mahābhārata yang mulia, pada Śānti Parva—khususnya bagian Mokṣa-dharma—berakhirlah bab ke-268 dari kisah Gokapilīya.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोकपिलीये: in (the section) called Gokapilīya
• गोकपिलीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोकपिलीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अष्टषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-sixty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

कपिल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Gokapilīya (episode/Upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva, framing the preceding discourse as part of the Gokapilīya illustrative narrative connected with liberation (mokṣa) and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the episode (Gokapilīya), and then states that the 268th chapter has concluded.