Shloka 303

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे त्रयधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

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

Translation

Kaya, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva at lalo na sa bahaging Mokṣadharma, dito nagwawakas ang pag-uusap nina Vasiṣṭha at Karāla Janaka bilang ika-303 kabanata. Ipinahihiwatig ng kolofon na ito ang pagtatapos ng isang bahaging pagtuturo tungkol sa dharmang nakatuon sa paglaya, na inilahad sa pamamagitan ng usapan ng pantas at hari, kung saan ang pananaw na etikal ay ipinakikitang karunungang maisasagawa at hindi lamang teorya.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (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-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha and Karālajanaka
• वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ-करालजनक-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रयधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-third
• त्रयधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Vasiṣṭha
• Karāla Janaka

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.