Shloka 277

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पितापुत्रसंवादे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pitāputrasaṃvāde saptasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—đặc biệt là phần Mokṣa-dharma—cuộc đối thoại giữa cha và con đã kết thúc, khép lại chương thứ hai trăm bảy mươi bảy. Lời kết này đặt bài giảng vào mạch truyền thống hướng về dharma và mokṣa, như một khuôn khổ giáo huấn về đạo lý và giải thoát.

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

• पितापुत्रसंवादे: in the dialogue of father and son
• पितापुत्रसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितापुत्रसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमः: the two-hundred-seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततम
• 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
• pitā (father)
• putra (son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva and is presented as a father–son dialogue, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s role as a vehicle for ethical and liberation-oriented teaching.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally marks the end of the father–son dialogue within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva, identifying the chapter count and situating the discourse within the larger epic structure.