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Shloka 365

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शतसाहरूयां संहितायां वैयासिक्यां शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने पञज्चषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ಇತಿ ಶತಸಾಹಸ್ರೀ ವೈಯಾಸಿಕೀ ಸಂಹಿತೆಯಾದ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಶಾಂತಿಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಮೋಕ್ಷಧರ್ಮಪರ್ವದ ಒಳಗಿನ ಉಚ್ಛವೃತ್ತಿ-ಉಪಾಖ್ಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರುನೂರು ಅರವತ್ತೈದನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीglory; auspiciousness; honorific

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शतसाहस्र्यांin the (collection) of one hundred thousand (verses)

संहितायांin the compilation; in the collection

वैयासिक्यांin the Vyāsa-tradition; composed by Vyāsa

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section

उच्छवृत्त्युपाख्यानेin the episode (upākhyāna) of Ucchavṛtti

पञ्चषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-sixty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Vyāsa (implied by vaiyāsikī)

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Ujjhavaṛtti (episode title)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the Mahābhārata’s structure (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma section → Ujjhavaṛtti episode). Rather than giving a new doctrine, it frames the preceding material as part of the liberation-oriented teachings of Mokṣa-dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice signals the end of the chapter, identifying the larger work (Mahābhārata), the recension (Vaiyāsika), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the embedded tale (Ujjhavaṛtti). It functions as a formal closure and cataloging marker.