Shloka 224

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें बलि और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक दो सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparva-antargata-Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi Bali-Indra-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturviṃśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fourth chapter of the Gokṣa-dharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, concerning the dialogue between Bali and Indra. This colophon marks the completion of the unit, framing the foregoing exchange as instruction in dharma conveyed through their conversation.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in/within the Shanti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तिपर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: in the Goksha-dharma-parvan section
• गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बलि: of Bali
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादविषयक: concerning the dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशतचतुर्विंशतितमः: two-hundred-and-twenty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतचतुर्विंशतितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Bali
• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣadharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the preceding material is a dharma-oriented teaching presented through the Bali–Indra dialogue, and it formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instructional framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is marking the end of a chapter—specifically, the completion of the 224th chapter on the subject of the conversation between Bali and Indra within the Gokṣa-dharma subsection of the Śānti Parva.