Shloka 1815

Ācāra-vidhi (Rules of Conduct) — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Catalogue

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पठ्चाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय: ।। २८५ ।। इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें एक सौ पचासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi pañcāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 285 ||

Translation

So schließt im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Śānti Parva und insbesondere im Mokṣa-dharma-Abschnitt, das hundertfünfundachtzigste Kapitel (Kapitelkolophon).

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific “Śrī”
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चाशीत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred eighty-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a doctrinal verse: it marks the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding teachings as part of the Mahābhārata’s discourse on liberation (mokṣa) and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is concluding a chapter: it formally states that the 185th chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma portion within the Śānti Parva has ended, serving as an editorial/recitational boundary rather than advancing the story.