Shloka 283

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि ज्वरोत्पत्तिर्नाम त्रयशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jvarotpattir nāma trayāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలోని మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో ‘జ్వరోత్పత్తి’ అనే రెండు వందల ఎనభైమూడవ అధ్యాయం ముగిసింది.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the (holy) Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

ज्वरोत्पत्तिःthe origin/production of fever

नामnamed; called

त्रयशीत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-eighty-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Jvara (fever)

Bhīṣma

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the completion of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parvan, titled “Jvarotpatti” (the origin of fever). Its function is to frame and authenticate the transmission of the discourse within the epic’s didactic structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter title (“Jvarotpatti”), along with the chapter number (283). The speaker tag ‘Bhīṣma said’ belongs to the surrounding dialogue context, though this particular line itself is a formal end-marker.