Shloka 190

निरय-परमस्थान-वर्णनम्

Niraya and the Supreme Station: A Metaphysical Re-reading

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भुगुभरद्वाजसंवादे नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgubharadvājasaṃvāde navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parvan—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the dialogue between Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja, marking the conclusion of the one-hundred-and-ninetieth chapter (i.e., chapter 191 by this reckoning).

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

• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: in the dialogue of Bhrigu and Bharadvaja
• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नवति-अधिक-शततमः: the one hundred and ninetieth
• नवति-अधिक-शततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवति-अधिक-शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Bhṛgu
• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the textual setting (Śānti Parvan, Mokṣa-dharma) and closes the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja dialogue, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward dharma and liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the compiler’s closing formula identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the interlocutors (Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja), and marks the end of the chapter.