Shloka 311

Śuka’s Manifestation from the Araṇi (Āraṇeya-janma) — शुकजन्म (आरणेय-सम्भव)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde ekādaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారతే శాంతిపర్వణి మోక్షధర్మపర్వణి యాజ్ఞవల్క్య-జనకసంవాదే ఏకాదశాధికత్రిశతతమోఽధ్యాయః।

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Janaka
• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकादशाधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred and eleventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादशाधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣadharma Parvan
• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the end of a chapter in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parvan, framing the preceding material as instruction on liberation (mokṣa) delivered through the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣadharma) and its dialogic setting (between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka). It functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than advancing the story.