Shloka 211

Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन्धी अध्यात्मका कथनविषयक दो सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kathanaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-ekādaśottara-adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertelfte Kapitel des Śānti Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des als Gokṣa-dharma bezeichneten Unterparva, das die Darlegung der geistigen Lehre in Beziehung zu Śrī Kṛṣṇa behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner; way

श्रीauspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'

महाभारतम्the Mahābhārata

शान्तिof peace; Śānti

पर्वकस्यof the Parvan (section)

अन्तर्गतincluded within; contained in

गोक्षin Gokṣa (name of a sub-parvan/section)

धर्मin Dharma (as part of the title)

पर्वणिin the parvan; section

श्रीकृष्णof Śrī Kṛṣṇa

सम्बन्धिrelated to; concerning

अध्यात्मof spirituality; of the inner self

कथनof the statement; narration

विषयकhaving as its subject; concerning

द्विशतtwo-hundred

एकादशeleventh

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣa-dharma Parva

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?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it signals that the chapter’s subject matter was an exposition of adhyātma (spiritual doctrine) connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, rather than presenting a new ethical injunction in itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the 211th chapter within Śānti Parva, specifying its placement in the Gokṣa-dharma sub-parva and summarizing its topic as Kṛṣṇa-related spiritual instruction.