Shloka 280

श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः

Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वृत्रगीतासु अशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vṛtragītāsu aśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần Śānti Parva—đặc biệt là mục Mokṣa-dharma—đã kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm tám mươi, nằm trong những đoạn được gọi là Vṛtra-gītā. Đây là lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu hết chương và xác định vị trí của giáo huấn ấy trong mạch luận bàn về đạo lý và giải thoát do Bhīṣma truyền dạy.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• वृत्रगीतासु: among/in the songs (chapters) called ‘Vritra-gita’
• वृत्रगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• अशीत्यधिक: eighty-plus (i.e., exceeding eighty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशीत्यधिक
• Form: Masculine, 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
• Vṛtra-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a teaching-verse but a colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma) and labels the chapter as part of the Vṛtra-gītā material, framing the surrounding content as instruction oriented toward liberation and ethical clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon signals that Bhīṣma’s discourse (within Mokṣa-dharma) has reached the end of this adhyāya, and it classifies the section under the heading “Vṛtra-gītā,” a named sub-unit within the Mokṣa-dharma discussions.