Shloka 297

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें पराशरगीताविषयक दो सौ सत्तानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparva-antargata Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Parāśaragītā-viṣayaka dviśata-saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ മോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ പരാശരഗീതാ-വിഷയകമായ ഇരുനൂറ്റി തൊണ്ണൂറ്റേഴാമത്തെ അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• महाभारत: Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: peace; Śānti (name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्व: book/section (parvan)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• के: in/within (which = in the said)
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (यद्-तद्-प्रत्ययः; सर्वनाम)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्ष: liberation
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म: dharma; duty/teaching
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्व: section (parvan)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle; within
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्ये

• पराशर: Parāśara (name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गीता: song; Gītā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त

• नवतितम: ninety-seventh (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete/filled (intended: 'completed')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर (पूर्/पॄ धातु-सम्भवः)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Parāśara
• Parāśara-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it indicates the completion of a chapter devoted to the Parāśara-gītā within Mokṣa-dharma, framing the text as part of Bhīṣma’s broader instruction on liberation (mokṣa) and the principles of right living.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator marks the end of the chapter: within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, the chapter dealing with the Parāśara-gītā topic is declared finished, preparing the reader for the next unit of Bhīṣma’s discourse.