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Shloka 335

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये पज्चत्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye pañcatriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వములోని మోక్షధర్మపర్వమందు, నారాయణీయ భాగములో మూడు వందల ముప్పై ఐదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది ॥

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

नारायणीयेin the Nārāyaṇīya (subsection)

पञ्चत्रिंशत्thirty-five

अधिकadditional; over and above

त्रिशततमःthree-hundredth (ordinal)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Nārāyaṇīya

Nārāyaṇa

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 doctrinal verse: it marks the textual boundary of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan, specifically the Mokṣa-dharma teachings and the Nārāyaṇīya portion, thereby framing the surrounding discourse as oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and devotion to Nārāyaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally announces that the adhyāya has ended and identifies its placement within the larger structure of the epic (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma → Nārāyaṇīya).