Shloka 10

Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga (त्रिगुणविभागयोग) — The Analysis of the Three Guṇas

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके श्रीमद्भगवद्‌गीतापव॑के अन्तर्गत ब्रह्मविद्या एवं योगशास्त्ररूप श्रीमद्भगवद्‌गीतोपनिषद्‌, श्रीकृष्णाजुनसंवादमें विभूतियोग नामक दसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi antargata brahmavidyā evaṁ yogaśāstrarūpā śrīmadbhagavadgītopaniṣat śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvāde vibhūtiyoga nāmaka daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet hier, innerhalb des Bhīṣma Parva des Mahābhārata—genauer in dem Abschnitt, der als Bhagavad-Gītā-Parva bekannt ist—die upaniṣadische Lehre namens Bhagavad Gītā, Brahma-Erkenntnis und Yogadisziplin: Vollendet ist das zehnte Kapitel, „Vibhūti Yoga“ genannt, im Zwiegespräch zwischen Śrī Kṛṣṇa und Arjuna.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणःof the Bhīṣma-parvan

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणःof the (section called) Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

ब्रह्मविद्याknowledge of Brahman

एवindeed/and

योगशास्त्ररूपाhaving the form of a yoga-śāstra

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतोपनिषत्the Upaniṣad called Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā

श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेin the dialogue of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna

विभूतियोगVibhūti-yoga (Yoga of divine manifestations)

नामकःnamed/called

दशमःtenth

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parva

Vibhūti Yoga

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon identifies the Gita as brahma-vidyā (liberating spiritual knowledge) and yoga-śāstra (a disciplined path of practice). It emphasizes that the teaching is not merely philosophical but meant to shape ethical action and inner steadiness, especially in the context of duty and conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

This is a concluding colophon marking the completion of the tenth chapter, “Vibhūti Yoga,” within the Krishna–Arjuna dialogue in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. It functions as an editorial closure rather than spoken dialogue content.