Shloka 344
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye catuḥṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Sa gayon nagtatapos, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Mokṣa-dharma—ang bahagi ng Nārāyaṇīya: ang ika-tatlong daan at ika-apatnapu’t apat na kabanata, na tumatalakay sa kaluwalhatian ni Nārāyaṇa.” Ito ay pormal na pangwakas na tala na nagmamarka ng pagtatapos ng kabanata at ng kinalalagyan nito sa mga aral ng Śānti Parva hinggil sa dharma at paglaya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of Mokṣa-dharma and the Nārāyaṇīya, emphasizing that liberation-oriented ethics and devotion/theology of Nārāyaṇa are the context of the completed chapter.
Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter close. The text identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic unit (Nārāyaṇīya), and states that the 344th chapter has concluded.