Shloka 279

उशनसः (शुक्रस्य) चरितम् — The Account of Uśanā (Śukra): Yoga, Grievance, and Pacification

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वृत्रगीतासु एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vṛtragītāsu ekonāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں، موکش دھرم پَرو کے اندر، ورترا گیتا کے ضمن میں، دو سو اناسیواں (279واں) ادھیائے 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 Mokṣadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वृत्रगीतासु: among the songs/chapters called Vṛtra-gītā
• वृत्रगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 279th (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vṛtra (as implied by vṛtragītāsu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse: it formally closes a textual unit, locating it within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section and indicating the end of the Vṛtra-gītā portion and the chapter count.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal editorial closure: the text signals that the preceding discourse associated with Vṛtra-gītā has concluded and identifies its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma).