Shloka 334

अश्वशिरो-आख्यानम्

Aśvaśiras / Hayaśiras Narrative: Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि चतुस्त्रिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें तीन सौ चौंतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi catuḥstriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—cụ thể là phần Mokṣa-dharma—chương thứ ba trăm ba mươi bốn khép lại. Công thức kết chương theo truyền thống ở đây đánh dấu sự hoàn tất lời giảng (được quy gán cho Nārada) và báo hiệu sự chuyển sang đơn vị giáo huấn kế tiếp về dharma hướng đến giải thoát.

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

• चतुस्त्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुस्त्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it does not add new instruction, but formally closes the chapter within Mokṣa-dharma, framing the preceding material as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and liberation-oriented teachings.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the chapter: within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, the three-hundred-and-thirty-fourth chapter is declared complete, preparing the reader for the next chapter’s continuation of the discourse.