Shloka 345

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये पज्चचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສີຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ໃນ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະນ»—ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ໂມກສະທັມມະ» ໃນ «ນາຣາຍະນີຍະ»—ບົດທີ 347 (ສາມຮ້ອຍສີ່ສິບເຈັດ) ສິ້ນສຸດລົງແລ້ວ.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so

श्रीमहाभारतेin the auspicious Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

नारायणीयेin the Nārāyaṇīya (subsection)

पञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-forty-fifth (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Nārāyaṇīya

Nārāyaṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

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 internal divisions (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣadharma → Nārāyaṇīya). Its function is organizational rather than doctrinal, though it signals that the surrounding material belongs to the liberation-oriented Mokṣadharma teachings and the Nārāyaṇīya devotional-philosophical context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The verse is not part of the spoken dialogue; it is an editorial closing formula indicating that the chapter has concluded and identifying its placement within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣadharma section, specifically within the Nārāyaṇīya portion.