🪷 Mahābhārata · Śānti-Parva · Chapter 340

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🪷 This verse is one maṇi on Krishna's non-dual thread (BG 7.7 · sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva)
MBh Śānti-Parva 320-352 · the Nārāyaṇīyam: Vyāsa's second supreme declaration · Krishna, Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva are ONE Paramātmā · the textual cousin of the Bhagavad-Gītā. The substrate carries the other 9 pramāṇa-maṇis from Vālmīki, Vyāsa, and Krishna's own mouth — each declaring the same Rāma-Krishna-Nārāyaṇa-Viṣṇu non-dual singularity. Krishna is the thread; every verse below is a maṇi on the same sūtra.
See also: /rama (the constitutional non-dual declaration) · /philosophy (the theological foundation) · /mahabharata · /valmiki-ramayana.

The Devanāgarī Yathārtha · 11 Shlokas

MBh 12.340.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच धर्माः पितामहेनोक्ता मोक्षधर्माश्रिताः शुभाः धर्ममाश्रमिणां श्रेष्ठं वक्तुमर्हति मे भवान्
MBh 12.340.2
भीष्म उवाच सर्वत्र विहितो धर्मः स्वर्ग्यः सत्यफलोदयः बहुद्वारस्य धर्मस्य नेहास्ति विफला क्रिया
MBh 12.340.3
यस्मिन्यस्मिंस्तु विषये यो यो याति विनिश्चयम् स तमेवाभिजानाति नान्यं भरतसत्तम
MBh 12.340.4
अपि च त्वं नरव्याघ्र श्रोतुमर्हसि मे कथाम् पुरा शक्रस्य कथितां नारदेन सुरर्षिणा
MBh 12.340.5
सुरर्षिर्नारदो राजन्सिद्धस्त्रैलोक्यसंमतः पर्येति क्रमशो लोकान्वायुरव्याहतो यथा
MBh 12.340.6
स कदाचिन्महेष्वास देवराजालयं गतः सत्कृतश्च महेन्द्रेण प्रत्यासन्नगतोऽभवत्
MBh 12.340.7
तं कृतक्षणमासीनं पर्यपृच्छच्छचीपतिः ब्रह्मर्षे किंचिदाश्चर्यमस्ति दृष्टं त्वयानघ
MBh 12.340.8
यथा त्वमपि विप्रर्षे त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् जातकौतूहलो नित्यं सिद्धश्चरसि साक्षिवत्
MBh 12.340.9
न ह्यस्त्यविदितं लोके देवर्षे तव किंचन श्रुतं वाप्यनुभूतं वा दृष्टं वा कथयस्व मे
MBh 12.340.10
तस्मै राजन्सुरेन्द्राय नारदो वदतां वरः आसीनायोपपन्नाय प्रोक्तवान्विपुलां कथाम्
MBh 12.340.11
यथा येन च कल्पेन स तस्मै द्विजसत्तमः कथां कथितवान्पृष्टस्तथा त्वमपि मे शृणु

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This chapter belongs to the source-pinned BORI Critical Edition-derived digital witness. Its unique addresses are publicly readable and indexable; this remains a digital-witness claim, not a claim that every Mahābhārata recension agrees word-for-word or that the traditional 100,000-verse extent is represented here.

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Sources and Connected Readings

Continue from these 11 source-pinned Devanāgarī addresses to Śānti-Parva, the Mahābhārata reading map, and any exact Bhagavad-Gītā correspondence.

MBh 12.340local chapter route · Śānti-ParvaŚānti-Parvaparent Parva chapter index/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesBhīṣma-ParvaMahābhārata Parva 6 · the Gītā lives in chapters 23-40MBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

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