Shloka 178

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि बोध्यगीतायां अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें बोध्यगीताविषयक एक सौ अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bodhyagītāyāṃ aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan, in the Mokṣadharma section, the one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth chapter concerning the Bodhya-gītā comes to an end. (This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter rather than a doctrinal verse.)

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बोध्यगीतायाम्: in the Bodhya-gita
• बोध्यगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोध्यगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣadharma Parvan
• Bodhya-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but formally signals that the Bodhya-gītā-related chapter has concluded within the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parvan.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse attributed to Bhīṣma in the Mokṣadharma context reaches a chapter boundary; the text marks the completion of the 178th chapter (as titled in this colophon).