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Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttyupākhyāne ṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parva—đặc biệt trong phần Mokṣa-dharma—đã kết thúc chương thứ ba trăm sáu mươi, nói về truyện phụ (upākhyāna) của Ucchavṛtti. (Lời kết bằng tiếng Hindi kèm theo cũng xác nhận chương này đã hoàn tất.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the episode (upakhyana) of Ucchavritti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्ति-उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: three hundred and sixtieth
• षष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि-अधिक-त्रिशत-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

नाग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Ucchavṛtti (as an episode/theme)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; by naming the 'Ucchavṛtti' episode within Mokṣa-dharma, it frames the preceding discussion as guidance toward liberation through disciplined, minimally harmful living and ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding: it formally states that the chapter in Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section—centered on the Ucchavṛtti episode—has ended.