Shloka 303

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे त्रयधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वायिष्ठ और करालजनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ तीनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭha-karāla-janaka-saṃvāde trayadhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในศานติปรวะ หมวดโมกษธรรม บทสนทนาระหว่าง วสิษฐะ และ กราลชนก ดำเนินมาถึงบทที่สามร้อยสาม และสิ้นสุดลง ณ ที่นี้.

Word by Word

इतिthus; so (end-quote marker)

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादेin the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha and Karālajanaka

त्रयधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-third

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Vasiṣṭha

Karāla Janaka

Character Dynamics

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 verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of a Mokṣadharma chapter framed as a dialogue between Vasiṣṭha and Karāla Janaka, emphasizing that liberation-oriented dharma is taught through reflective inquiry and instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata (Śānti Parva, Mokṣadharma) and naming the dialogue participants; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary indicating that the teaching conversation in this adhyāya has ended.