Shloka 271

Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma

Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि कुण्डधारोपाख्याने एकसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi kuṇḍadhāropākhyāne ekasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သီရိ မဟာဘာရတ» ၏ «ရှာန္တိ ပရဝ» အတွင်းရှိ «မောက္ခ-ဓမ္မ ပရဝ» တွင်၊ «ကုဏ္ဍဓာရာ-ဥပာခ္ယာန» ဟုခေါ်သော ဇာတ်လမ်းခွဲအတွင်း ပါဝင်သည့် အခန်း ၂၇၁ သည် ပြီးဆုံးလေ၏။ (ဤသည်မှာ အခန်းနှင့် ၎င်း၏ ဇာတ်လမ်းယူနစ် ပိတ်သိမ်းကြောင်းကို မှတ်သားသည့် ကော်လိုဖွန်ဖြစ်သည်။)

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• कुण्डधारोपाख्याने: in the episode called ‘Kundadhara’
• कुण्डधारोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डधारोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 271st (chapter)
• एकसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Kuṇḍadhāra (upākhyāna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it formally closes a chapter and situates it within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section and the Kuṇḍadhāra episode, emphasizing the text’s organization around dharma and liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative unit (Kuṇḍadhāra-upākhyāna) and the chapter conclude here; the formula ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ signals the end of the chapter in the Mahābhārata’s transmission tradition.