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Shloka 308

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादसमाप्तौ अष्टाधिकत्रिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭha-karāla-janaka-saṃvāda-samāptau aṣṭādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》、尤其《解脱法门》部分中，瓦西什塔、迦罗罗与阇那迦王之对话至此圆满；第三百零八章告成。

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī-Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan (section)

वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादसमाप्तौat the conclusion of the dialogue of Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Janaka

अष्टाधिकत्रिशततमःthe three-hundred-and-eighth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Vasiṣṭha

Karāla

Janaka

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a Mokṣa-dharma dialogue associated with Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and King Janaka, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward liberation and inner detachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse (as the overarching speaker in Śānti Parva) reaches the formal end-marker for Adhyāya 308: the text announces that the Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka dialogue has concluded and that the 308th chapter is complete.