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Shloka 274

इन्द्रेण वृत्रवधः, ब्रह्महत्याया अनुगमनम्, तथा च विभाजन-निवासविधानम्

Indra’s defeat of Vṛtra; pursuit by Brahmahatyā; allocation of her abodes

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि योगाचारानुवर्णनं नाम चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yogācārānuvārṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے موکش دھرم پَرو میں ‘یوگ آچاروں کی توصیف’ کے نام سے ۲۷۴واں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

योगाचारानुवर्णनम्the description of the practice of yoga

नामnamed; called

चतु:सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-seventy-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it signals that the chapter’s subject was the exposition of yogic disciplines (yogācāra) within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a discourse attributed to Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva; the verse functions as an editorial/structural closure identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the section (Mokṣa-dharma), the chapter title, and the chapter number.