Shloka 275

नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारद और आसितदेवलका संवादविषयक दो सौ पचहतत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata gokṣadharma-parva-me nārada aura āsita-devala-kā saṁvāda-viṣayaka do sau pacahattara-vāṁ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo ducentésimo septuagésimo quinto do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção conhecida como Gokṣa-dharma Parva, apresentando o diálogo entre Nārada e Āsita Devala.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahabharata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: peace (as a title-element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: book; section (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within; contained in
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोक्ष: Goksha (title-element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: dharma; duty (title-element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारद: of Narada
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आसितदेवल: of Asita and Devala (Asitadevala)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसितदेवल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: of the dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च

• सप्तति: seventy
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति
• Form: Feminine

• पञ्चम: fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्त: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular

Speaker

असित उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Asita Devala
• Narada
• Mahabharata
• Shanti Parva
• Goksha-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the chapter’s teaching was delivered in the form of a dialogue between sages (Nārada and Āsita Devala) within the Śānti Parva’s broader ethical framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva, within the Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject matter (the Nārada–Āsita Devala dialogue), indicating that the discourse has concluded.