Shloka 302

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वायिष्ठ और करालजनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṃ vāyiṣṭha aura karālajanaka-kā saṃvāda-viṣayaka trīṃ śata dovāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ ba trăm lẻ hai trong phần Mokṣadharma thuộc Śānti Parva của Śrī Mahābhārata, nói về cuộc đối thoại giữa Vāyiṣṭha và Karālajanaka. Lời kết (colophon) này đánh dấu sự hoàn tất cuộc trao truyền giáo huấn ấy trong mạch luận rộng lớn về giải thoát và chánh hạnh.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in the Shanti-parvan (section)
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तिपर्वक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वायिष्ठ: of Vayishtha (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• करालजनकस्य: of Karala-Janaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: करालजनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयकः: concerning the dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशतद्: three-hundred (number)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वितीयः: second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्रीमहाभारत (Mahābhārata)
• शान्तिपर्व (Śānti Parva)
• मोक्षधर्मपर्व (Mokṣadharma Parva/section)
• वायिष्ठ (Vāyiṣṭha)
• करालजनक (Karālajanaka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s teaching was delivered through a dialogue framed within the Mokṣadharma section, whose broader aim is to orient the listener toward liberation (mokṣa) and the ethical-spiritual disciplines that support it.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the chapter, stating that the three-hundred-and-second chapter—focused on the dialogue between Vāyiṣṭha and Karālajanaka—has concluded within the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parva.