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Shloka 255

तुलाधार-उपदेशः

Tulādhāra’s Instruction to Jājali on Ahiṃsā and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने पञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

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

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤以“解脱法门篇”（Mokṣa-dharma）而言，随舒迦（Śuka）之问而展开的第二百五十五章至此告终。此乃章末题记（colophon），用以标示章节闭合，并非人物所宣说的教义偈颂。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

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

पञ्चपञ्चाशत्fifty-five

अधिकadditional; over and above

द्विशततमःthe two-hundredth (i.e., 200th)

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śuka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (ending formula), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter connected with Śuka’s inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here; it is the editorial/recitational closure of the chapter, signaling that the discussion framed as Śuka’s questions has reached the end of this adhyāya.