Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State
Yājñavalkya–Janaka
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे दयधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭhakarālajanakasaṃvāde dayādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ဤသို့ဖြင့် «သီရိ မဟာဘာရတ» ၏ «ရှာန္တိ ပရဝ» အတွင်းရှိ «မောက္ခဓမ္မ» အခန်း၌ ဝသိဋ္ဌနှင့် ကရာလ၊ ဇနကတို့၏ ဆွေးနွေးပွဲသည် အဆုံးသတ်၏—ကရုဏာ (dayā) ကို အမြင့်ဆုံးဟု ထင်ရှားစေသော အခန်း ၃၀၂ ဖြစ်၏။
वसिष्ठ उवाच
The colophon highlights dayā (compassion) as a central ethical and spiritual priority within Mokṣa-dharma: liberation-oriented dharma is grounded in non-harm, mercy, and benevolence toward all beings.
This line is a concluding colophon marking the end of Adhyāya 302 in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the setting as a dialogue involving the sage Vasiṣṭha with Karāla and King Janaka, and signaling the chapter’s emphasis on compassion.