Shloka 310

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे दशाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāde daśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ ba trăm mười của Śānti Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần Mokṣadharma, trong cuộc đối thoại giữa Yājñavalkya và vua Janaka. Lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự khép lại của đoạn giáo huấn này, đặt nó như lời chỉ dạy về giải thoát và chánh tri kiến, chứ không phải hành động nơi chiến địa.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Yajnavalkya and Janaka
• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दशाधिकत्रिशततमः: three-hundred-and-tenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशाधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, this line does not state a new doctrine; it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to Mokṣadharma—guidance oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) through right understanding, disciplined living, and insight into the self.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue within the Śānti Parva, indicating that this portion of the Mahābhārata is a reflective, didactic setting where sages instruct rulers on peace, duty, and liberation after the war.