Shloka 282

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि ब्रह्महत्याविभागे द्रवशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्महत्याका विभाजनविषयक दो सौ बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi brahmahatyāvibhāge dravaśītyadhikad-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma, pada topik tentang pengelasan dosa brahma-hatyā—berakhirlah bab yang ke-282.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• śāntiparvaṇi: in the Śānti-parvan
• śāntiparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāntiparvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• mokṣadharmaparvaṇi: in the Mokṣa-dharma section
• mokṣadharmaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣadharmaparvan
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• brahmahatyāvibhāge: in the division/topic of brahma-hatyā (brahmin-slaying)
• brahmahatyāvibhāge: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmahatyāvibhāga
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• dravāśītyadhika: eighty-two (as chapter-number; lit. ‘eighty plus’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dravāśītyadhika
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• dviśatatamaḥ: two-hundredth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dviśatatama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• brahma-hatyā (sin/topic)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter. It frames the preceding discussion as belonging to Mokṣa-dharma within Śānti Parva and identifies the ethical topic as the classification of brahma-hatyā (a major transgression) and its doctrinal treatment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse segment concludes: the text formally announces that the chapter dealing with the division/classification of brahma-hatyā within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.