Shloka 190

जापक–इक्ष्वाकु–सत्यविवादः

The Jāpaka, Ikṣvāku, and the Dispute on Truth and Merit

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें भगु- भरद्वाजसंवादाविषयक एक सौ नब्बेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgu-bharadvāja-saṃvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-nabbevaṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertzweiundneunzigste Kapitel des Mokṣadharma-Abschnitts innerhalb des Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Bhṛgu und Bharadvāja behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतthe Mahabharata

शान्तिin (the) Shanti (section)

पर्वin the Parva (book/section)

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained (within)

मोक्षधर्मin the Moksha-dharma (section on liberation)

पर्वin the sub-book/section

भगुof Bhagu (sage Bhagu)

भरद्वाजof Bharadvaja

संवादin the dialogue

विषयकconcerning; pertaining to

एकone

शतhundred

नवतिninety

अध्यायchapter

पूर्यcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Bhṛgu

Bharadvāja

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 rather than a doctrinal verse: it indicates that the chapter’s subject was the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja dialogue within Mokṣadharma, a context typically devoted to dharma oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and ethical self-discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes Adhyāya 192 of the Mokṣadharma section in Śānti Parva, signaling that the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja discussion has concluded and the work is moving on to the next chapter or topic.