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Shloka 231

आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने एकत्रिशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānuprasne ekatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti śrīmahābhārata śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvameṃ śukakā anuprasna-viṣayaka do sau ikatīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中《解脱法门》（Mokṣadharma）部分，关于舒迦（Śuka）追问之第二百三十一章圆满结束。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan

शुकानुप्रश्नेin (the section on) Śuka's follow-up questions

एकत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमःthe two-hundred-and-thirty-first

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Śuka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it formally closes a chapter in the Mokṣadharma discourse, framing the surrounding material as instruction on liberation (mokṣa) presented through Śuka’s continuing inquiries.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, as narrator/editorial voice, announces that the 231st chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva—specifically the portion dealing with Śuka’s follow-up questions—has concluded, indicating a structural break before the next chapter.