Shloka 355

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne pañcapañcāśadadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Vậy là trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—đặc biệt trong phần Mokṣa-dharma—chương mang tên “Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna” kết thúc, tức chương thứ ba trăm năm mươi bảy. (Đây là lời kết chương, không phải một câu giáo huấn được nhân vật nói ra.)

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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the narrative (upakhyana) of Ucchavritti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred and fifty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Ujjha-vṛtti Upākhyāna
• Adhyāya 357

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but signals the completion and placement of the preceding instruction/story within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is formally closing the “Ujjha-vṛtti” episode and identifying it as the 357th chapter of Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma section) in the Mahābhārata.