Shloka 353

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ तिरपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-tripañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత గోక్షధర్మపర్వములో ఉచ్ఛవృత్తికా ఉపాఖ్యానవిషయక మూడు వందల యాభై మూడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीमहाभारतम्the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेin the Shanti-parvan section

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained

गोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Goksha-dharma-parvan

उच्छवृत्तिकायाःof (the) Ucchavrittika

उपाख्यानविषयकःconcerning the episode/legend

त्रिशतत्रिपञ्चाशत्तमःthree-hundred-and-fifty-third

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣa-dharma Parva

Ucchavṛttikā (ascetic practice)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon, signaling the completion of a chapter whose ethical emphasis is dharma taught through an illustrative sub-tale (upākhyāna), here connected with the ascetic livelihood/practice termed ucchavṛttikā.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs; the text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva, identifying its placement (within the Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject (the ucchavṛttikā-related episode).