Shloka 186

ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्

Description of the Path of Meditation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें जीवके स्वरूपपर आक्षेपविषयक एक सौ छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jīvasya svarūpe ākṣepaviṣayaka ekaśataṣaṭyāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-sixth chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with objections and critical examination concerning the true nature of the individual self (jīva).

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शान्तिपर्वणः: of the Shanti Parva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• अन्तर्गतः: included within; contained in
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• जीवस्य: of the living being (jiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• स्वरूपे: in/with regard to the nature (essential form)
• स्वरूपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• आक्षेपविषयकः: concerning objections/queries
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षेपविषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एकशतषट्-अशीतितमः: one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतषट्-अशीतितम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; concluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• jīva (individual self)