Shloka 246

कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः

The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne ṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—bahagian mengenai pertanyaan lanjut Śuka: bab yang ke-seratus empat puluh enam. (Kolofon penutup bab).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• शुकानुप्रश्ने: in the inquiry/questions of Shuka
• शुकानुप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकानुप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्चत्वारिंशत्: forty-six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; more
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शततमः: hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Śuka
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to mark the end of the chapter and locate it within the Mokṣa-dharma discourse of the Śānti Parva, a section broadly concerned with dharma after war and the pursuit of liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion, identified as part of Śuka’s follow-up questioning (anu-praśna). It signals a transition point: the end of one unit of instruction before the next begins.