Shloka 196

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «المهابهاراتا» المباركة، ضمن «بارفا السِّلم» (Śānti Parva)—وخاصةً في قسم «موكشا-دهرما» (Mokṣa-dharma)—تنتهي السورة/الفصل المعروف بحكاية «جابَكا» (Jāpaka)، وهو الفصل السادس والتسعون بعد المئة. (وهذه خاتمةٌ تُثبت انتهاء الفصل، لا بيتًا من السرد.)

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the sacred Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

जापकin (the story of) Jāpaka

उपाख्यानेin the episode; in the sub-narrative

षण्णवतिअधिकशततमःthe one hundred and ninety-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Jāpaka (upākhyāna/episode)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter associated with the Jāpaka episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text is closing a chapter and formally naming its placement and title within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma portion).