Shloka 296

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पराशरगीतायां षण्णवत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi parāśaragītāyāṃ ṣaṇṇavatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Так завершается двести девяносто шестая глава раздела Мокшадхарма в Шанти-парве «Шри Махабхараты», в наставлении, известном как «Парашара-гита».

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पराशरगीतायाम्: in the Parashara-Gita
• पराशरगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशरगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• षण्णवतिः: ninety-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्णवति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Parāśara (as eponym of Parāśara Gītā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣadharma (liberation-oriented dharma) portion of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as instruction aimed at peace, ethical clarity, and liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it formally identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣadharma), and the embedded discourse (Parāśara Gītā), and states that this is the 296th chapter.