Shloka 37

Mokṣa–Saṃnyāsa–Tyāga–Guṇa-Vibhāga (Renunciation, Relinquishment, and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata 6, Bhīṣma-parva

Devanagari script

भीष्मपर्वणि तु सप्तत्रिंशो 5ध्याय:

Transliteration

bhīṣmaparvaṇi tu saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Dans le Bhīṣma Parva, voici le trente-septième chapitre.

Word by Word

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhishma-parvan (section named Bhishma)
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सप्तत्रिंशः: thirty-seventh
• सप्तत्रिंशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a structural colophon-like marker identifying the location in the epic; it does not present a doctrinal teaching, but situates the reader within the Bhīṣma Parva’s war narrative framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rather than advancing the plot, the text is indicating the chapter count within the Bhīṣma Parva—functioning as a chapter heading/locator in the edition’s organization.