Shloka 306

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वायिष्ठ और करालजनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṃ vāyiṣṭha-karālajanaka-saṃvāda-viṣayaka trī-śata ṣaṣṭha adhyāya pūrṇa huā

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वायिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादविषयोऽध्यायस्त्रिशतषष्ठः समाप्तः॥

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणःof the Shanti Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

वायिष्ठof Vayishtha (proper name)

चand

करालजनकस्यof Karala-Janaka (proper name)

संवादविषयकःconcerning the dialogue

त्रिशतःthree-hundredth

षष्ठःsixth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Vāyiṣṭha

Karāla Janaka

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?

As a concluding colophon, the line primarily frames the teaching context: the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva presents liberation-oriented instruction through dialogue. The emphasis is that the preceding discussion belongs to the ethical-philosophical tradition of mokṣa—right knowledge, detachment, and inner peace—rather than ritual or warfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the plot but closing a unit: it announces that the 306th chapter, centered on the dialogue involving Vāyiṣṭha and Karāla Janaka within Mokṣadharma of Śānti Parva, has ended. Such a closure helps readers locate the discourse within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata.