Shloka 319

शुकस्य योगसिद्धिः (Śuka’s Yogic Attainment and Ascent)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पञजचशिखजनकसंवादे एकोनविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pañcaśikhajanakasaṃvāde ekonaviṃśatyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva và phần Mokṣa-dharma, chương thứ ba trăm mười chín—cuộc đối thoại giữa Pañcaśikha và vua Janaka—đã kết thúc.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• पञ्चशिखजनकसंवादे: in the dialogue of Panchashikha and Janaka
• पञ्चशिखजनकसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चशिख-जनक-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनविंशत्यधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-nineteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनविंशति-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Pañcaśikha
• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon marking the chapter’s close, it frames the instruction as Mokṣa-dharma: liberation-oriented dharma grounded in right understanding, inner detachment, and disciplined living—taught through the Pañcaśikha–Janaka dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma signals the completion of Adhyāya 319 in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, concluding the dialogue between the sage Pañcaśikha and King Janaka.