Shloka 354

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne catuḥpañcāśadadhikatrizatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

اِتی شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو میں، موکش دھرم پَرو کے اندر، اُچھَوِرتّی اُپاکھیان—یہ تین سو چھپنواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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 Mokṣa-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative (upākhyāna) of Ucchavṛtti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुःपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-fifty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुःपञ्चाशत्-अधिक-त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and its placement within the Mokṣa-dharma teachings of the Śānti Parvan, signaling that the preceding episode functions as an ethical-spiritual illustration within the larger discourse on liberation and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is formally concluding the Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna and identifying the exact location: Mahābhārata → Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma section → Chapter 356.