Shloka 228

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि श्री-वासवसंवादो नाम अष्टाविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrī-vāsavasaṃvādo nāma aṣṭāviṃśatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বৰ মোক্ষধৰ্মপৰ্বত ‘শ্ৰী-বাসৱসংবাদ’ নামৰ দুয়োশ আঠাইশতম অধ্যায়।

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the (holy) Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्री: venerable; auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वासवसंवादः: the dialogue with Vasava (Indra)
• वासवसंवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासवसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name; called
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• अष्टाविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the 228th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टाविंशत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Vāsava (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a Mokṣa-dharma chapter; it frames the discourse as part of the Śānti Parva’s liberation-oriented instruction, emphasizing peace, renunciation, and spiritual insight as the ethical culmination after conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter titled “Vāsava-saṃvāda,” indicating that a dialogue involving Vāsava (Indra) has concluded within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva.