Shloka 251

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने एकपज्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne ekapañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-251 dalam Śānti Parva bagi Śrī Mahābhārata, dalam bahagian Mokṣadharma, pada episod mengenai pertanyaan-pertanyaan Śuka. Inilah kolofon penutup yang menandai tamatnya bab serta menempatkannya dalam wacana besar tentang etika dan pembebasan (mokṣa) dalam teks tersebut.

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

• एकपञ्चाशत्: fifty-one
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundred-and-fiftieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma
• Śuka
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals that the surrounding chapter belongs to Mokṣadharma, framing its core concern as liberation-oriented dharma—ethical and spiritual disciplines discussed in response to Śuka’s inquiries.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally states the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣadharma), the narrative frame (Śuka’s questions), and the chapter count, thereby marking the end of that unit of discourse.