Shloka 344

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye catuḥṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说道：“如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）之内——尤指《解脱法》（Mokṣa-dharma）部分——《那罗延尼耶》（Nārāyaṇīya）一段：赞述那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）威德之第三百四十四章，至此圆满。”此为正式的章末题记，用以标示本章告终，并申明其在《寂静篇》伦理与解脱教诲中的位置。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारायणीये: in the Narayaniya (portion)
• नारायणीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणीया
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्: forty-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: over and above; plus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇīya
• Nārāyaṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of Mokṣa-dharma and the Nārāyaṇīya, emphasizing that liberation-oriented ethics and devotion/theology of Nārāyaṇa are the context of the completed chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter close. The text identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic unit (Nārāyaṇīya), and states that the 344th chapter has concluded.