Shloka 315

नारद–शुक संवादः (Nārada–Śuka Dialogue): Tyāga, Saṃyama, and Vyakta–Avyakta Viveka

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें याज़वल्क्य और जनकके संवादमें तीन सौ पंद्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate mokṣa-dharma-parvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde trī-śata-pañca-daśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتی پَرو کے تحت موکش دھرم پَرو میں یاج्ञولکیہ اور جنک کے مکالمے کا تین سو پندرھواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner/way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मध्ये: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञवल्क्य: of Yājñavalkya
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जनक: of Janaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्रि-शत-पञ्च-दश-तमः: three-hundred-and-fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि-शत-पञ्च-दश-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva. Its ethical-literary function is to frame the preceding material as liberation-oriented dharma taught through a dialogue between a sage (Yājñavalkya) and an ideal seeker-king (Janaka).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals closure: Chapter 315 of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue has ended within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker used in the tradition to organize the discourse.