Shloka 238

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवका अनुप्रश्नविषयक दी सौ अड़तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukadevasya anuprasna-viṣayakaḥ dvi-śata-aṣṭatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Так завершается двести тридцать восьмая глава раздела Мокшадхарма в Шанти-парве священной «Махабхараты», посвящённая уточняющим вопросам Шукидевы. Эта заключительная приписка (колофон) формально отмечает завершение созерцательного, направленного к освобождению изложения и подчёркивает, что нравственное и духовное понимание возрастает через дисциплинированное вопрошание и прояснение смысла.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included, contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: in the Mokshadharma Parva
• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• शुकदेवस्य: of Shukadeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकदेव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अनुप्रश्नविषयक: pertaining to the follow-up questions
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुप्रश्नविषयक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• द्विशताष्टत्रिंशत्तमः: two-hundred thirty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशताष्टत्रिंशत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• समाप्तः: completed, concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), third, singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Śukadeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon highlights the pedagogical value of anuprasna—careful follow-up questioning—as a means to refine understanding of dharma and mokṣa; wisdom is presented as something clarified through inquiry and completion of structured discourse.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an end-of-chapter closing statement: it marks the completion of the 238th chapter within the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva, specifically the chapter whose subject is Śukadeva’s follow-up questions.