Shloka 184

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भुगुभरद्वाजसंवादे चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgubharadvājasaṃvāde caturāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section du Mokṣa-dharma—s’achève le cent quatre-vingt-quatrième chapitre, dans le dialogue entre Bhṛgu et Bharadvāja. C’est le colophon conclusif, marquant la clôture du chapitre et l’inscrivant dans l’ensemble de l’enseignement du Mokṣa-dharma, tourné vers l’éthique et la délivrance.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: in the dialogue of Bhrigu and Bharadvaja
• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-fourth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Bhṛgu
• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to certify the textual location: the teaching belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva and occurs within the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja dialogue, concluding chapter 184.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally announces that the preceding discussion between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja has reached the end of the 184th adhyāya within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.