Shloka 315

ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्

Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे पञ्चदशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde pañcadaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—berakhirlah dialog antara resi Yājñavalkya dan Raja Janaka, menutup bab yang ke-tiga ratus lima belas. Kolofon ini menandai tamatnya suatu pengajaran tentang dharma yang berorientasikan pembebasan, dibingkai sebagai pertukaran nasihat antara seorang resi dan seorang raja pencari kebenaran.

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

• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Janaka
• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse itself does not add new doctrine; it marks the completion of a Mokṣa-dharma teaching unit presented as a dialogue between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka—implying a focus on liberation-oriented dharma and the transmission of spiritual insight through inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter and identifies its placement: the Śānti Parva, within the Mokṣa-dharma section, concluding the Yājñavalkya–Janaka conversation. It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary indicating the end of that adhyāya.