Shloka 224

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि बलिवासवसंवादे चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi balivāsavasaṃvāde caturviśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo doscientos veinticuatro de la sección Mokṣadharma dentro del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, en el diálogo entre Bali y Vāsava (Indra).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• बलिवासवसंवादे: in the dialogue between Bali and Vasava (Indra)
• बलिवासवसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिवासवसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twenty-fourth
• चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विशत्यधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Bali
• Vāsava (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it frames the teaching as part of Mokṣadharma—ethical and spiritual instruction oriented toward liberation—delivered through the Bali–Indra dialogue.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the conclusion of Adhyāya 224 in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, specifically within the conversation between Bali and Vāsava (Indra).