Shloka 247

कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः

The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne saptacatvāriṁśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤以《解脱法门》（Mokṣa-dharma）部分，在“舒迦之问”的脉络里——第二百四十七章——宣告终了。（章末题记）。

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

• शुकानुप्रश्ने: in (the topic of) Shuka's follow-up question(s)
• शुकानुप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकानुप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमः: the 247th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Śuka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding material as liberation-oriented instruction presented in the setting of Śuka’s questioning.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter: the narrator/editorial voice marks that the discourse connected with Śuka’s inquiry has reached the end of the 247th chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva.