Shloka 328

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनं नामाष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi anadhyāyanimittakathanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے موکش دھرم پَرو میں ‘انَدھیائے (ویدک مطالعہ معطل کرنے) کے اسباب کا بیان’ نامی تین سو اٹھائیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनम्: the narration/exposition of the causes of (Vedic) non-recitation
• अनध्यायनिमित्तकथनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनध्याय-निमित्त-कथन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: named; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-twenty-eighth (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशति-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• 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 (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a concluding colophon indicating that the chapter’s subject is anadhyāya—when and why Vedic recitation/study should be suspended. The ethical thrust is that even sacred learning is governed by discipline and context; dharma includes knowing proper times and conditions for study.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva. It formally names the chapter (“Account of the causes of anadhyāya”) and gives its chapter number, functioning as an editorial/structural marker rather than a spoken verse-content.