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Shloka 186

Adhyātma-nirdeśa

Definition of Adhyātma): Mahābhūtas, Indriyas, Guṇas, and the Witness (Kṣetrajña

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jīvasvarūpākṣepe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt Mokṣa-dharma—das einhundertsiebenundachtzigste Kapitel mit dem Titel „Prüfung/Widerlegung über das wahre Wesen des individuellen Selbst (jīva)“.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quotation marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपेin (the topic of) the objection/refutation regarding the nature of the jīva

षडशीत्यधिकशततमःone hundred and eighty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

jīva (individual self)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is a philosophical inquiry into the jīva’s true nature—framing liberation-oriented ethics around correct understanding of the self, typically through objections and clarifications in a debate style.

What is happening in the narrative?

The line is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter’s theme as an examination of the individual self (jīva).