Shloka 316

Aśoka-śāstra: Nārada’s Instruction on the Cessation of Śoka

Grief

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें याज़्वल्क्य और जनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ सोलहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ṣoḍaśottara-adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ ba trăm mười sáu của «Mahābhārata», thuộc «Śānti Parva», trong phần «Mokṣa-dharma», trình bày cuộc đối thoại giữa hiền triết Yājñavalkya và vua Janaka, đã kết thúc. Lời kể khép lại đơn vị này bằng việc long trọng ghi nhận sự hoàn tất của cuộc trao truyền giáo huấn qua đối thoại ấy.

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: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• गोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• याज्ञवल्क्य: of Yajnavalkya
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जनकस्य: of Janaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• त्रिशतषोडशः: three-hundred-and-sixteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशतषोडश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma (section)
• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it signals that the chapter’s instruction is framed as a dialogue between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, emphasizing liberation-oriented dharma and reflective inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally concludes the chapter, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma section) and its subject (the dialogue of Yājñavalkya and Janaka), functioning as an editorial/narrative closure rather than a spoken verse of doctrine.