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Shloka 3337

Puruṣaikatva-vyākhyāna: The One Virāṭ Puruṣa and the Many ‘Puruṣas’

Rudra–Brahmā Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारयायणकी मह्दिमाका वर्णनविषयक तीन सौ सैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇasya māhātmyavarṇana-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-saptatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ മോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ നാരായണന്റെ മഹിമാവർണ്ണനവിഷയകമായ മൂന്നുനൂറ്റി മുപ്പത്തേഴാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतेincluded/contained (within)

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan

नारायणस्यof Nārāyaṇa

महिम्नःof the greatness

वर्णनविषयकःhaving as its subject the description

त्रिशतसप्तत्रिंशत्तमःthree-hundred-and-thirty-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted/ended

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

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?

The chapter’s stated focus is the māhātmya (greatness) of Nārāyaṇa within Mokṣadharma, reinforcing devotion and contemplation of the supreme as a liberation-oriented ethical and spiritual anchor.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the chapter on describing Nārāyaṇa’s greatness—within Mokṣadharma of the Śānti Parva—has been completed, marking the end of that unit of discourse attributed to Bhīṣma.