Shloka 262

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde dviṣaṣṭy-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvameṃ tulādhāra aura jājali kā saṃvāda-viṣayaka do sau bāsvāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）及其《解脱法门》（Mokṣa-dharma）部分，图拉达罗（Tulādhāra）与贾阇利（Jājali）的对话至此终了，为第二百六十二章。由此，《寂静篇》之《解脱法门》部分中关于二人谈论的一章宣告完成。

Word by Word

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे: in the dialogue of Tulādhāra and Jājali
• तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलाधारजाजलिसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमः: two-hundred-and-sixty-second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Tulādhāra
• Jājali

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the completion of the chapter; it frames the teaching context as part of Mokṣa-dharma in Śānti Parva, where liberation-oriented ethics are conveyed through the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The dialogue section between Tulādhāra and Jājali reaches its formal close; the text announces that the two-hundred-and-sixty-second chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.