Shloka 271

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि कुण्डधारोपाख्याने एकसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi kuṇḍadhāropākhyāne ekasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo ducentésimo septuagésimo primeiro, na seção Mokṣadharma do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do episódio conhecido como Kuṇḍadhāra-upākhyāna. (Este é um colofão que assinala o encerramento do capítulo e de sua unidade narrativa.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

कुण्डधारोपाख्यानेin the episode called ‘Kundadhara’

एकसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe 271st (chapter)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Kuṇḍadhāra (upākhyāna)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.