Shloka 348

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये ऐकान्तिकभावेडष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye aikāntikabhāve aṣṭacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये ऐकान्तिकभावविषयेऽष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः॥

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the holy Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• नारायणीये: in the Nārāyaṇīya (subsection)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ऐकान्तिकभावे: in (the topic of) exclusive devotion/one-pointed disposition
• ऐकान्तिकभावे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐकान्तिकभाव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-forty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārāyaṇīya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose stated theme is aikāntika-bhāva—exclusive, unwavering devotion to Nārāyaṇa—presented within the Mokṣa-dharma teachings that orient the listener toward liberation through right understanding and steadfast spiritual commitment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the formal conclusion of the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, specifically the Nārāyaṇīya portion, indicating that the discourse praising Nārāyaṇa and emphasizing single-minded devotion has ended.