Shloka 324

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें शुकदेवकी उत्पत्तिविषयक तीन सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata mokṣa-dharma-parva-me śukadeva-kī utpatti-viṣayaka trī-śata catur-viṁśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో శుకదేవుని ఉత్పత్తి విషయమైన మూడు వందల ఇరవై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

शान्तिof peace (Śānti)

पर्वin the book/section (parvan)

केin/within (as in -के = -के अन्तर्गत)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

मोक्षof liberation (mokṣa)

धर्मof dharma

पर्वin the section (parvan)

शुकदेवof Śukadeva

उत्पत्तिin (the topic of) origin/birth

विषयकconcerning/relating to

त्रिthree

शतhundred

चतुर्विंशतितमtwenty-fourth

अध्यायchapter

पूर्यhaving been completed

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Śukadeva

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 chapter in the Mokṣadharma section, whose broader aim is to frame dharma in relation to liberation (mokṣa), often emphasizing renunciation, self-knowledge, and detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter that dealt with the account of Śukadeva’s origin/birth. It formally marks the end of that adhyāya within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma unit.