Shloka 286

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि समड्रनारदसंवादे षडशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi samaḍ-nārada-saṃvāde ṣaḍaśīty-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parvan — especificamente na seção Mokṣa-dharma — encerra-se o diálogo entre Samaḍa e Nārada, constituindo o capítulo duzentos e oitenta e seis.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section

सनत्सुजातin (the context of) Sanatsujāta

नारदin (the context of) Nārada

संवादेin the dialogue

षडशीत्यधिकhaving eighty-six more (i.e., 186th)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth (ordinal element in chapter numbering)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

समड़ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan (section)

Samaḍ

Nārada

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a Mokṣa-dharma teaching episode framed as a dialogue between Samaḍ and the sage Nārada, situating the instruction within the Śānti Parvan’s ethical and liberation-focused discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally announces that the Samaḍ–Nārada conversation has concluded and identifies the location of this material within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan, Mokṣa-dharma section, as chapter 286.