Shloka 256

Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादोपक्रमे षट्पञ्चाशदधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi mṛtyuprajāpati-saṃvāda-upakramae ṣaṭpañcāśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలోని మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో మృత్యు–ప్రజాపతి సంభాషణ ఉపక్రమంలో రెండువందల యాభై ఆరవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమగుచున్నది.

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; venerable (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महा: in the great (work)
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारते: in the Mahabharata
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

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

• मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादोपक्रमे: in the commencement of the dialogue of Mrityu and Prajapati
• मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादोपक्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादोपक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्पञ्चाशत्: fifty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth (i.e., 200th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Mṛtyu
• Prajāpati
• Nārada