Shloka 341

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये एकचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye ekacatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలోని మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో, నారాయణీయ భాగంలో—నారాయణ మహిమను ప్రతిపాదించే మూడు వందల నలభై ఒకటవ అధ్యాయం ముగిసింది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so; end-quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

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

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

• नारायणीये: in the Narayaniya (portion relating to Narayana)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred forty-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārāyaṇīya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is the mahimā (glory) of Nārāyaṇa, framing liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣa-dharma) in a devotional-theological key within the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an editorial/structural closing statement (chapter-end colophon) marking that the Nārāyaṇīya portion’s three-hundred-and-forty-first chapter has ended within the Mokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva.