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Shloka 258

अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः

Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादे अष्टपञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वरमें गृत्यु और प्रजापतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ अट्ठावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi mṛtyuprajāpati-saṃvāde aṣṭapañcāśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | isa prakāra śrīmahābhārata śāntiparva ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva meṃ mṛtyu aura prajāpati kā saṃvāda-viṣayaka do sau aṭṭhāīsvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในศานติปรวะ โดยเฉพาะในหมวดโมกษธรรมปรวะ บทสนทนาระหว่างมฤตยู (ความตาย) กับปรชาปติยุติลง ณ ที่นี้ ดังนี้ บทที่ ๒๕๘ อันมีการสนทนาระหว่างความตายกับเจ้าแห่งสรรพสัตว์เป็นแก่นเรื่อง จึงสมบูรณ์สิ้นสุด

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीauspiciousness; venerable (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section

मृत्युप्रजापतिसंवादेin the dialogue of Mṛtyu and Prajāpati

अष्टपञ्चाशत्fifty-eight

अधिकadditional; exceeding

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mṛtyu

Prajāpati

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

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 is a colophon marking the completion of a didactic chapter: it frames the teaching as part of Mokṣa-dharma, where reflection on Death (mṛtyu) and cosmic progenitorship (prajāpati) supports ethical clarity and detachment, orienting the listener toward liberation-focused dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals that the dialogue between Mṛtyu and Prajāpati has concluded and formally closes the 258th chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma section within the Śānti Parva.