Shloka 349

Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya

Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें द्ैपायनकी उत्पत्तिविषयक तीन सौ उनचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparvaṇi antar-gata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi dvaipāyanasyotpatti-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ūnapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》“牛叉法门”（Gokṣadharma）中，叙述岛生者（德瓦伊帕亚那，即毗耶娑）起源的第三百四十九章圆满终了。

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री-महाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति-पर्वकस्य: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गो-क्ष-धर्म-पर्वणि: in the Goksha-dharma section (sub-parva)
• गो-क्ष-धर्म-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वैपायनस्य: of Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्पत्ति-विषयक: concerning the origin/birth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रि-शत: three-hundred (i.e., 300th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऊन-पञ्चाशत्तमः: forty-ninth (lit. one-less-than-fifty-th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊनपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣadharma Parva
• Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter focused on Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) and situates it within the Śānti Parva’s broader dharma-discourse, emphasizing continuity of sacred knowledge through authoritative sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana marks the end of the chapter in the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva, stating that the chapter concerning the origin of Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) has concluded.