Shloka 318

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāda-samāptau aṣṭādaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील मोक्षधर्मपर्वात याज्ञवल्क्य व राजा जनक यांचा संवाद समाप्त झाला. यासह तीनशे अठरावा अध्याय पूर्ण झाला.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ: at the conclusion of the Yajnavalkya–Janaka dialogue
• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-eighteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue in the Mokṣa-dharma section. Its implied focus is the culmination of teachings on liberation (mokṣa) and the ethical-spiritual discipline that supports inner freedom, often framed through the ideal of a wise ruler learning from a sage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse (as framed in Śānti Parvan) reaches the formal close of a sub-episode: the instructional conversation between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka ends, and the text signals that the 318th chapter is complete.