Shloka 342

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye dvicatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parvan—khususnya bahagian Mokṣadharma, dalam Nārāyaṇīya—berakhirlah bab yang ke-342. (Ini ialah kolofon penutup bab, bukan ucapan watak.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

नारायणीयेin the Narayaniya (subsection)

द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-forty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣadharma Parvan

Nārāyaṇīya

Nārāyaṇa

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 not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣadharma → Nārāyaṇīya) and marks the end of a chapter, helping readers navigate the ethical and liberation-focused discourse of this section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The formulaic closing statement situates the material within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan and its Mokṣadharma teachings, specifically the Nārāyaṇīya portion associated with devotion to and discourse about Nārāyaṇa.