Shloka 355

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne pañcapañcāśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలో, ప్రత్యేకంగా మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో, ‘ఉజ్ఝవృత్తి-ఉపాఖ్యానం’ అనే ఉపాఖ్యానానికి సంబంధించిన మూడు వందల యాభై ఏడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative (upakhyana) of Ucchavritti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred and fifty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna
• Adhyāya 357

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but signals the completion and placement of the preceding instruction/story within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the “Ujjha-vṛtti” episode and identifying it as the 357th chapter of Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma section) in the Mahābhārata.