Shloka 212

दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint

Dama

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन अध्यात्मकथनविषयक दो सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandha adhyātma-kathana-viṣayaka dvi-śata-dvādaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das zweihundertzwölfte Kapitel des Śānti Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Abschnitts über die Pflichten in Bezug auf die Kühe (Gokṣa-dharma), das eine geistige Unterweisung im Zusammenhang mit Śrī Kṛṣṇa behandelt.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाglorious, great

भारतBhārata (Mahābhārata)

शान्तिin (the) Śānti (Parva)

पर्वin the book/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतcontained within

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

धर्मin the Dharma (section/topic)

पर्वin the sub-book/section (parva)

श्रीकृष्णof Śrī Kṛṣṇa

सम्बन्धिrelated/connected

अध्यात्मin the spiritual (topic)

कथनin the narration/statement

विषयकhaving as its subject; concerning

द्विtwo

शतhundred

द्वादशtwelfth

अध्यायchapter

समाप्तcompleted/ended

अभवत्was/has become (ended)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣa-dharma Parva (section)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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: it does not introduce a new doctrine but signals that a chapter focused on a spiritual (adhyātma) discourse connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa—within the Gokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva—has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text formally closes the chapter, indicating its placement (Śānti Parva → Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject matter (a spiritual exposition related to Śrī Kṛṣṇa).