Shloka 276

नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि माण्डव्यजनकसंवादे षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi māṇḍavyajanakasaṃvāde ṣaṭsaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے موکش دھرم پَرو میں ماندویہ اور راجا جنک کے مکالمے کا دو سو چھہتّرواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• माण्डव्यजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Māṇḍavya and Janaka
• माण्डव्यजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्यजनकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-seventy-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Māṇḍavya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva. Its ethical-literary function is to frame the preceding teaching as part of a structured transmission of dharma and mokṣa instruction—here, presented through the authoritative dialogue of a sage (Māṇḍavya) and an exemplary king (Janaka).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of the Māṇḍavya–Janaka conversation and identifies the location of that teaching within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section, specifying the chapter count as the 276th chapter.