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Shloka 255

तुलाधार-उपदेशः

Tulādhāra’s Instruction to Jājali on Ahiṃsā and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne pañcapañcāśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں، موکش دھرم پَرو میں، شُک کے اَنُپرشن کے سیاق میں دو سو پچپن (۲۵۵) واں باب ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

शुकानुप्रश्नेin (the topic of) Shuka's follow-up question(s)

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्fifty-five

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःthe two-hundredth (i.e., 200th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śuka

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 (ending formula), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter connected with Śuka’s inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here; it is the editorial/recitational closure of the chapter, signaling that the discussion framed as Śuka’s questions has reached the end of this adhyāya.