Shloka 343
Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye tricatuvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், மோக்ஷதர்மபர்வத்தின் நாராயணீயப் பகுதியில், திரிசத்வாரிம்ஷததிக திரிசததம (343ஆம்) அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுறுகிறது.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma teachings, framed in the Nārāyaṇīya, thereby emphasizing the text’s liberation-oriented dharma and its devotional-philosophical focus on Nārāyaṇa.
No new narrative action occurs here. The text formally closes a chapter by naming the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic unit (Nārāyaṇīya), and by stating the chapter number.