Shloka 279

उशनसः (शुक्रस्य) चरितम् — The Account of Uśanā (Śukra): Yoga, Grievance, and Pacification

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वृत्रगीतासु एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vṛtragītāsu ekonāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤在《解脱法》（Mokṣa-dharma）一段内，“弗栗陀罗之歌”（Vṛtra-gītā）告终，亦即第279章终了。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• वृत्रगीतासु: among the songs/chapters called Vṛtra-gītā
• वृत्रगीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 279th (chapter)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनाशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vṛtra (as implied by vṛtragītāsu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse: it formally closes a textual unit, locating it within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section and indicating the end of the Vṛtra-gītā portion and the chapter count.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative pauses for a formal editorial closure: the text signals that the preceding discourse associated with Vṛtra-gītā has concluded and identifies its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma).