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Shloka 361

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ucchavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-eka-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

至此，《大摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中《解脱法门》（Mokṣadharma）部分，关于优阇婆律底迦（Ucchavṛttikā）之譬喻故事（upākhyāna）的第三百六十一章宣告完毕。

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner

श्रीमहाthe venerable/great

भारतMahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेof the Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded within

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma-parvan

उच्छवृत्तिकाof Ucchavṛttikā (name/title)

उपाख्यानof the episode/legend

विषयकconcerning; having as its subject

त्रिशतthree hundred

एकषष्टितमthree hundred sixty-first

अध्यायchapter

समाप्तcompleted

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Ucchavṛttikā

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?

The verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a Mokṣadharma chapter that uses the Ucchavṛttikā episode as an illustrative tale, situating ethical instruction within the broader pursuit of liberation (mokṣa) and right conduct (dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker’s line functions as an editorial closing: it announces that the chapter concerning the Ucchavṛttikā upākhyāna within the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva has concluded.