Shloka 274

इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्

Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि योगाचारानुवर्णनं नाम चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yogācārānuvārṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parva, bagian Mokṣa-dharma, berakhirlah bab ke-274 yang berjudul “Uraian tentang Disiplin-disiplin Yoga.”

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

• योगाचारानुवर्णनम्: the description of the practice of yoga
• योगाचारानुवर्णनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगाचारानुवर्णन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-seventy-fourth
• चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it signals that the chapter’s subject was the exposition of yogic disciplines (yogācāra) within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a discourse attributed to Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva; the verse functions as an editorial/structural closure identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the section (Mokṣa-dharma), the chapter title, and the chapter number.