Shloka 288

Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि सगरारिष्टनेमिसंवादे5ष्टाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi sagarāriṣṭanemisaṃvāde aṣṭāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中《解脱法门》（Mokṣa-dharma）一段，萨伽罗与阿利什塔内弥（Ariṣṭanemi）之对话告终——第288章圆满。此结语（colophon）标示一则教诲篇章的闭合，置于更宏阔的伦理探问之中：关于解脱（mokṣa）与正行之法（dharma）。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• सगरारिष्टनेमिसंवादे: in the dialogue of Sagara and Arishtanemi
• सगरारिष्टनेमिसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सगरारिष्टनेमिसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टाशीत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाशीत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Sagara
• Ariṣṭanemi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of the Sagara–Ariṣṭanemi dialogue within Mokṣa-dharma, framing the preceding discussion as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a self-contained teaching unit: the text formally closes Chapter 288, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and its topic (the dialogue between Sagara and Ariṣṭanemi).