Shloka 266

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि चिरकारिकोपाख्याने षट्षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi cirakārikopākhyāne ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parvan—cụ thể là phần Mokṣa-dharma—đến đây kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm sáu mươi sáu, tức thiên truyện mang tên “Câu chuyện về Cirakārī”. (Đây là lời kết chương theo nghi thức.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-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 (parvan)
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चिरकारिकोपाख्याने: in the episode called (the tale of) Cirakārī
• चिरकारिकोपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिरकारिकोपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्षष्टि: sixty-six
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan/section
• Cirakārī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a teaching episode (Cirakārī’s tale) placed within Mokṣa-dharma, where stories are used to illuminate ethical discernment and the pursuit of liberation-oriented values.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally states that, within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section, the ‘Cirakārī’ sub-story has reached its end, and it identifies the chapter number (266).