Shloka 353

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने त्रिपठचाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttyupākhyāne tripaṭhacaśādadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》中——尤在“解脱法”（Mokṣa-dharma）一部——名为“拾穗为生”（Unccha-vṛtti）之譬喻故事（upākhyāna）至此终了。此即结语所示第三百五十三章之完结。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: in the (sub-)tale called Ucchavṛtti
• उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: the three-hundred-and-fifty-third
• त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशदधिकत्रिशततम
• 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
• Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the preceding instruction is framed within Mokṣa-dharma and illustrated through the Unccha-vṛtti episode—highlighting ethical restraint and a simple, non-exploitative livelihood as supportive of inner freedom and liberation-oriented living.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and names the just-completed sub-story (Ucchavṛtti-upākhyāna), marking the end of the chapter as transmitted in the Gītā Press tradition.