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Shloka 307

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे सप्ताधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

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

Translation

อิติ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ภายในศานติปรวะ หมวดโมกษธรรม ในบทสนทนาของวสิษฐะกับกราลและชนก บทที่สามร้อยเจ็ด.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣa-dharma section (parvan)

वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादेin the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka

सप्ताधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-seventh

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Vasiṣṭha

Karāla

Janaka

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 line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s teaching belongs to Mokṣa-dharma—dharma oriented toward liberation—and frames it as wisdom transmitted through a dialogue between a sage (Vasiṣṭha) and royal/other interlocutors (Janaka, Karāla).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: it locates the episode within the Śānti Parva, inside the Mokṣa-dharma section, and identifies the specific conversational setting (Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka dialogue), marking the end of the 307th chapter.