Shloka 329

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि एकोनत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहद़्ा भारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें तीन सौ उनतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ekonatriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—bab ke-329 berakhir. (Ini ialah kolofon yang menandai tamatnya bab, bukan rangkap ajaran yang diucapkan.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

एकोनत्रिंशत्twenty-nine (one less than thirty)

अधिकadded; plus

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker). It does not present a new teaching; it situates the text within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and its Mokṣa-dharma section, emphasizing the work’s organization around dharma and liberation-oriented discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The statement formally records that the 329th adhyāya of the Mokṣa-dharma portion within the Śānti Parva has ended.