Shloka 176

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्म्पाकगीताविषयक एक यो छिह्तत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi śampākagītāviṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaṭ-saptatitaraḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento setenta y seis, relativo a la Śampāka-gītā, dentro de la sección Gokṣa-dharma del Śānti Parva del venerable Śrī Mahābhārata. (Colofón que señala el cierre del capítulo.)

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीrevered/auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतMahabharata

शान्तिof peace (Shanti)

पर्वbook/section (parva)

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained within

गोक्षof Goksha (name/title)

धर्मof dharma

पर्वin the section (parva)

श्म्पाकof Shampaka (name; as written)

गीताof the song/teaching (gītā)

विषयकconcerning/pertaining to

एकone

यःwhich/who

षट्six

सप्ततिseventy

तमः-th (ordinal suffix, masc.)

अध्यायःchapter

सम्पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣa-dharma Parva

Śampāka-gītā

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 not a teaching verse but a colophon: it formally signals the completion of a chapter (here, the Śampāka-gītā topic) within the Śānti Parva’s dharma-oriented subdivisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator/editorial voice closes the chapter by stating its placement: within the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the Śānti Parva, under the Gokṣa-dharma section, the 176th chapter on the Śampāka-gītā has ended.