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Shloka 259

चिरकारि-उपाख्यानम् / The Exemplum of Cirakārī: Deliberation Before Irreversible Action

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि धर्मलक्षणे एकोनषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dharmalakṣaṇe ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ «Śrī Mahābhārata», thuộc «Śānti Parva»—đặc biệt là phần «Mokṣa-dharma»—chương bàn về các đặc trưng của dharma (pháp) kết thúc, là chương thứ hai trăm năm mươi chín. (Đây là lời kết, ghi dấu sự khép lại của cuộc luận thuyết.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

धर्मलक्षणेin (the topic/chapter) 'Characteristics of Dharma'

एकोनषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमःthe two-hundred-and-sixty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

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 teaching verse: it signals that the preceding discourse has concluded and identifies its placement—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and its topic, ‘the characteristics of dharma.’

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter of Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira. The colophon formally marks the end of the adhyāya and situates it within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata.