Shloka 194

Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारतमें शान्तिपवके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें अध्यात्मतत््वका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi adhyātmatattva-varṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-caturānnavatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «شانتِي بَرفا»—وخاصة في قسم «موكشا-دهرما»—يُختَتَم الفصل الرابع والتسعون بعد المئة، وموضوعه بيان حقيقة الذات (الواقع الروحي).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• श्री-महाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्ति-पर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्ति-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्वणि: in the Goksha-dharma Parva (section)
• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्म-तत्त्व-वर्णन-विषयकः: having as its subject the description of spiritual truth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्मतत्त्ववर्णनविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चतुर्-नवतिः: ninety-four
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्नवति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣa-dharma-parva (section)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a colophon indicating that the chapter’s focus is adhyātma-tattva—clarifying the truth of the Self and spiritual reality—framed within dharma instruction in the Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is an editorial/narrative closing line marking the completion of a chapter in the Śānti Parva, within the Gokṣa-dharma section, after Bhīṣma’s discourse.