Shloka 262

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें तुलाधार और जाजलिका संवादविषयक दो सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde dviṣaṣṭy-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvameṃ tulādhāra aura jājali kā saṃvāda-viṣayaka do sau bāsvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବର ମୋକ୍ଷଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ ତୁଳାଧାର–ଜାଜଲି ସମ୍ବାଦର ଦୁଇଶେ ବାଷଠିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादेin the dialogue of Tulādhāra and Jājali

द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमःtwo-hundred-and-sixty-second

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Tulādhāra

Jājali

Character Dynamics

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 verse is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter; it frames the teaching context as part of Mokṣa-dharma in Śānti Parva, where liberation-oriented ethics are conveyed through the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The dialogue section between Tulādhāra and Jājali reaches its formal close; the text announces that the two-hundred-and-sixty-second chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.