Shloka 205

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ dvi-śata-pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertfünfte Kapitel des Mokṣadharma-Abschnitts innerhalb des Śānti Parva der heiligen Mahābhārata, das den Dialog zwischen Manu und Bṛhaspati darlegt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्री: venerable/holy (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शान्ति: of Shanti (peace)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• पर्व: section/book (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मोक्षधर्म: in the Mokshadharma (section on liberation-dharma)
• मोक्षधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मनु: of Manu
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बृहस्पति: of Brihaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• संवाद: by (the) dialogue
• संवाद: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सम्पूर्ण: complete/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was/has become (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: aorist, third, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Manu
• Bṛhaspati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue in the Mokṣadharma section, framing the teachings as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma portion, indicating that the discourse topic (Manu and Bṛhaspati) has concluded and the compilation proceeds to the next unit.