Shloka 305

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्म पर्वमें वसिष्ठटकरालजनकसंवादविषयक तीन सौ पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata gokṣadharma-parva-meṁ vasiṣṭha-ṭakarāla-janaka-saṁvāda-viṣayaka trī-śata pañcamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت گوکش دھرم پَرو میں وشیِشٹھ، ٹکرال اور جنک کے مکالمے سے متعلق تین سو پانچواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

शान्तिin (the) Shanti (Parva)

पर्वin the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained

गोक्षin the Goksha (sub-parva)

धर्मin the Dharma (section)

पर्वin the sub-book (parva)

वसिष्ठof Vasiṣṭha

टकरालof Ṭakarāla

जनकof Janaka

संवादof the dialogue

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

त्रिthree

शतhundred

पञ्चfive

अध्यायchapter

पूराcomplete; finished

अभवत्was; became; came to an end

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Ṭ

Ṭakarāla

Janaka

Śānti Parva

Gokṣadharma Parva

Mahābhārata

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Śānti Parva’s larger ethical project—systematizing dharma through authoritative dialogues (here, Vasiṣṭha with Ṭakarāla and King Janaka).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Gokṣadharma Parva) and its subject matter (a dialogue involving Vasiṣṭha, Ṭakarāla, and Janaka), indicating the discourse has concluded.