Shloka 244

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် မြတ်နိုးအပ်သော မဟာဘာရတ၏ ရှာန္တိပရဝ၌ မောက္ခဓမ္မ အပိုင်းအတွင်း၊ ရှုက၏ မေးမြန်းဆက်သွယ်မှု အခန်းကဏ္ဍ၌ အခန်း ၂၆၄ ပြီးဆုံး၏—လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်းနှင့် စွန့်လွှတ်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ သင်ကြားမှု၏ တရားဝင် အဆုံးသတ်ဖြစ်သည်။

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

• चतुश्नत्वारिंशत्: forty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• 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 Parva
• Śuka
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣadharma teachings, framing the surrounding material as instruction oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and the disciplines that support it.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter situated in the Śuka-anupraśna (Śuka’s inquiry) context within the Mokṣadharma section of the Śānti Parva, indicating a transition point before the next chapter begins.