Shloka 342

Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye dvicatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—đặc biệt là phần Mokṣadharma, trong Nārāyaṇīya—chương thứ ba trăm bốn mươi hai kết thúc tại đây. (Đây là lời kết chương, không phải câu thoại trong truyện.)

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

• नारायणीये: in the Narayaniya (subsection)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-forty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣadharma Parvan
• Nārāyaṇīya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal teaching but a colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣadharma → Nārāyaṇīya) and marks the end of a chapter, helping readers navigate the ethical and liberation-focused discourse of this section.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The formulaic closing statement situates the material within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan and its Mokṣadharma teachings, specifically the Nārāyaṇīya portion associated with devotion to and discourse about Nārāyaṇa.