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Shloka 287

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि श्रेयोवाचिको नाम सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śreyovāciko nāma saptāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສີຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະ» ແລະໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ໂມກສະທັມມະ» ບົດທີ 287 ຊື່ “Śreyovācika” (ຖ້ອຍຄໍາວ່າດ້ວຍຄວາມດີສູງສຸດ) ກໍໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

श्रेयोवाचिकःcalled ‘Shreyovachika’ (speaker/expounder of the good)

नामby name; called

सप्ताशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 287th

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śreyovācika (chapter 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 end of a chapter titled “Śreyovācika,” indicating that the chapter’s focus is śreyas—ultimate welfare or the highest good—typically framed in Mokṣa-dharma as ethical and spiritual guidance oriented toward liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it formally states that, within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Mokṣa-dharma section, the 287th chapter named “Śreyovācika” has ended. It functions as an editorial/structural closure rather than a spoken verse advancing the story.