🪷 Mahābhārata · Śānti-Parva · Chapter 349

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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 · 16 Shlokas

MBh 12.349.1
भीष्म उवाच स पन्नगपतिस्तत्र प्रययौ ब्राह्मणं प्रति तमेव मनसा ध्यायन्कार्यवत्तां विचारयन्
MBh 12.349.2
तमभिक्रम्य नागेन्द्रो मतिमान्स नरेश्वर प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं प्रकृत्या धर्मवत्सलः
MBh 12.349.3
भो भो क्षाम्याभिभाषे त्वां न रोषं कर्तुमर्हसि इह त्वमभिसंप्राप्तः कस्यार्थे किं प्रयोजनम्
MBh 12.349.4
आभिमुख्यादभिक्रम्य स्नेहात्पृच्छामि ते द्विज विविक्ते गोमतीतीरे किं वा त्वं पर्युपाससे
MBh 12.349.5
ब्राह्मण उवाच धर्मारण्यं हि मां विद्धि नागं द्रष्टुमिहागतम् पद्मनाभं द्विजश्रेष्ठं तत्र मे कार्यमाहितम्
MBh 12.349.6
तस्य चाहमसांनिध्यं श्रुतवानस्मि तं गतम् स्वजनं तं प्रतीक्षामि पर्जन्यमिव कर्षकः
MBh 12.349.7
तस्य चाक्लेशकरणं स्वस्तिकारसमाहितम् वर्तयाम्ययुतं ब्रह्म योगयुक्तो निरामयः
MBh 12.349.8
नाग उवाच अहो कल्याणवृत्तस्त्वं साधु सज्जनवत्सलः श्रवाढ्यस्त्वं महाभाग परं स्नेहेन पश्यसि
MBh 12.349.9
अहं स नागो विप्रर्षे यथा मां विन्दते भवान् आज्ञापय यथा स्वैरं किं करोमि प्रियं तव
MBh 12.349.10
भवन्तं स्वजनादस्मि संप्राप्तं श्रुतवानिह अतस्त्वां स्वयमेवाहं द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो द्विज
MBh 12.349.11
संप्राप्तश्च भवानद्य कृतार्थः प्रतियास्यति विस्रब्धो मां द्विजश्रेष्ठ विषये योक्तुमर्हसि
MBh 12.349.12
वयं हि भवता सर्वे गुणक्रीता विशेषतः यस्त्वमात्महितं त्यक्त्वा मामेवेहानुरुध्यसे
MBh 12.349.13
ब्राह्मण उवाच आगतोऽहं महाभाग तव दर्शनलालसः कंचिदर्थमनर्थज्ञः प्रष्टुकामो भुजंगम
MBh 12.349.14
अहमात्मानमात्मस्थो मार्गमाणोऽऽत्मनो हितम् वासार्थिनं महाप्राज्ञ बलवन्तमुपास्मि ह
MBh 12.349.15
प्रकाशितस्त्वं स्वगुणैर्यशोगर्भगभस्तिभिः शशाङ्ककरसंस्पर्शैर्हृद्यैरात्मप्रकाशितैः
MBh 12.349.16
तस्य मे प्रश्नमुत्पन्नं छिन्धि त्वमनिलाशन पश्चात्कार्यं वदिष्यामि श्रोतुमर्हति मे भवान्

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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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Continue from these 16 source-pinned Devanāgarī addresses to Śānti-Parva, the Mahābhārata reading map, and any exact Bhagavad-Gītā correspondence.

MBh 12.349local 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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