Shloka 323

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पावकाध्ययनं नामैकविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pāvakādhyayanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parva e especificamente na seção Mokṣadharma, encerra-se o capítulo intitulado “O Estudo/Recitação acerca de Pāvaka (o Fogo)”, sendo o capítulo trecentésimo vigésimo primeiro. Este colofão marca o fecho de uma sequência de ensinamentos atribuída a Bhīṣma, situando o discurso na investigação ética e libertadora do Mokṣadharma.

Word by Word

• iti: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• śrīmahābhārate: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• śrīmahābhārate: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmahābhārata
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• śāntiparvaṇi: in the Śānti-parvan
• śāntiparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāntiparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• mokṣadharmaparvaṇi: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• mokṣadharmaparvaṇi: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣadharmaparvan
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• pāvakādhyayanam: the chapter/section called 'Pāvaka-adhyayana' (study/discourse on Pāvaka/Fire)
• pāvakādhyayanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvakādhyayana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• nāma: by name; called
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• eka-viṃśati-adhika-tri-śatatamaḥ: the three-hundred-and-twenty-first (i.e., 300 + 20 + 1)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka + viṃśati + adhika + tri + śatatama
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Pāvaka (Agni/Fire)

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 chapter titled “Pāvaka-adhyayana,” framing the preceding material as part of Bhīṣma’s liberation-oriented instruction within Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter title and number, functioning as an editorial/narrative boundary marker.