Shloka 318

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi yājñavalkya-janaka-saṃvāda-samāptau aṣṭādaśādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc phần Śānti Parva—đặc biệt là mục Mokṣa-dharma—cuộc đối thoại giữa hiền triết Yājñavalkya và vua Janaka đã đi đến hồi kết. Theo đó, chương thứ ba trăm mười tám được hoàn tất, khép lại một chuỗi giáo huấn về dharma hướng đến giải thoát và viễn kiến đạo đức của tự do nội tâm.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) 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

• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ: at the conclusion of the Yajnavalkya–Janaka dialogue
• याज्ञवल्क्यजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-eighteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादशाधिकत्रिशततम
• 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
• Yājñavalkya
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the end of the Yājñavalkya–Janaka dialogue in the Mokṣa-dharma section. Its implied focus is the culmination of teachings on liberation (mokṣa) and the ethical-spiritual discipline that supports inner freedom, often framed through the ideal of a wise ruler learning from a sage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse (as framed in Śānti Parvan) reaches the formal close of a sub-episode: the instructional conversation between the sage Yājñavalkya and King Janaka ends, and the text signals that the 318th chapter is complete.