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Shloka 233

कर्मविद्या-भेदः

Karma–Vidyā Distinction: Paths of Bondage and Release

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने त्रयस्त्रिंशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānuprasne trayastriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》寂静篇之解脱法门（Mokṣa-dharma）中，关于舒迦（Śuka）续问的第二百三十三章至此告终。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

शुकानुप्रश्नेin (the topic of) Shuka's follow-up questions

त्रयस्त्रिंशत्-अधिक-द्विशततमःthe 233rd (two-hundredth plus thirty-three)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Śuka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching context by marking that the discussion belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion and is prompted by Śuka’s further inquiry—highlighting the tradition of learning through sustained questioning aimed at liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa (as narrator/speaker) signals the formal close of Adhyāya 233 in the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter’s topic as Śuka’s follow-up questions and concluding that unit of discourse.