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Shloka 266

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि चिरकारिकोपाख्याने षट्षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें चिरकारीका उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi cirakārikopākhyāne ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో చిరకారీ ఉపాఖ్యానమునకు సంబంధించిన రెండువందల అరవై ఆరవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section (parvan)

चिरकारिकोपाख्यानेin the episode called (the tale of) Cirakārī

षट्षष्टिsixty-six

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan/section

Cirakārī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a teaching episode (Cirakārī’s tale) placed within Mokṣa-dharma, where stories are used to illuminate ethical discernment and the pursuit of liberation-oriented values.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally states that, within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section, the ‘Cirakārī’ sub-story has reached its end, and it identifies the chapter number (266).