Shloka 201

Varāha-avatāra: Viṣṇu’s subterranean intervention and the cosmic nāda (Śānti-parva 202)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-ekaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ducentésimo primero de la sección Mokṣadharma, contenida en el Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, cuyo asunto es el diálogo entre Manu y Bṛhaspati. Con ello se cierra formalmente ese episodio de enseñanza, enmarcando lo expuesto como guía hacia la liberación y la recta conducta.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained (within)

मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मेंin the Mokṣa-dharma section

मनुof Manu

चand

बृहस्पति-काof Bṛhaspati

संवाद-विषयकconcerning the dialogue

द्वि-शतtwo-hundred (i.e., 200th)

एक-तमfirst (forming 201st with the previous)

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Manu

Bṛhaspati

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s teaching—presented as a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati within Mokṣadharma—has concluded, situating the discourse within the broader ethical and liberative aims of Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues through embedded teachings; here the text formally closes the chapter that treated the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, indicating the end of that particular instructional unit.