Shloka 346

Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें नारययणकी महिमाविषयक तीन सौ छियालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-antargata-gokṣa-dharma-parvaṇi nārāyaṇa-mahimā-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-ṣaṭ-catvāriṃśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ บทที่ ๓๔๖ ว่าด้วยพระสิริรุ่งเรืองแห่งพระนารายณ์ ในหมวดโมกษธรรม อันอยู่ภายในศานติปรวะแห่งมหาภารตะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ จึงสิ้นสุดลง

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

शान्तिof peace; Śānti

पर्वbook/section (parva)

केin/within

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

गोक्षin Gokṣa (name of a sub-parva/section)

धर्मin Dharma; pertaining to dharma

पर्वin the parva/section

मध्येin the middle; within

नारायणof Nārāyaṇa

महिमाof greatness; glory

विषयकconcerning; relating to

त्रिthree

शतhundred

षट्six

चत्वारिंशत्forty

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣa-dharma Parva

Nārāyaṇa

Vaiśampāyana

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 functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a dharma-oriented teaching that culminates in devotion to, and recognition of, the supreme glory (mahimā) of Nārāyaṇa—implying that peace and right conduct are ultimately grounded in reverence for the divine order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana signals the formal close of a chapter within Śānti Parva, specifying its placement (within the Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject (the glory of Nārāyaṇa). It is an editorial/narrative marker indicating completion of the chapter.