Shloka 317

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें याज्ञवल्क्य और जनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ सतरहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparvaṇi antargata Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Yājñavalkya-Janaka-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-saptadaśaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ ba trăm mười bảy (317) của phần Mokṣadharma thuộc Śānti Parva trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuật lại cuộc đối thoại giữa hiền triết Yājñavalkya và vua Janaka—khép lại một cách trang trọng cuộc vấn đáp về giải thoát và chánh tri kiến.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace (Śānti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्वस्य: of the section/book (parvan)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्म: Mokṣadharma (section on liberation-dharma)
• मोक्षधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• संवाद: of the dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशत: three hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तदश: seventeen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it signals the completion of a Mokṣadharma chapter centered on Yājñavalkya and Janaka, framing the teaching as a reflective dialogue aimed at liberation (mokṣa) through right understanding and disciplined living.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section, identifying its subject as the dialogue between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka and marking the end of that discourse.