Shloka 300

Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि योगविधौ त्रिशततमो5ध्याय: ।। ३०० || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें योगविधिविषयक तीन सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yogavidhau triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 300 ||

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت موکش دھرم پَرو میں یوگ وِدھی سے متعلق تین سوواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• योगविधौ: in (the topic of) the method of yoga
• योगविधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगविधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• त्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• 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
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Yoga (yogavidhi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon, not a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of the chapter devoted to yogavidhi (the method of yoga) within Mokṣadharma, situating the teaching within the broader ethical aim of śānti (peace) and mokṣa (liberation).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of Adhyāya 300 in the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣadharma section. In the narrative frame, Bhīṣma’s instruction concludes this chapter’s discourse on yoga practice.