Shloka 191

जापक–इक्ष्वाकु–सत्यविवादः

The Jāpaka, Ikṣvāku, and the Dispute on Truth and Merit

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भुगुभरद्वाजसंवादे एकनवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgu-bharadvāja-saṃvāde ekanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan, dans la section Mokṣa-dharma, dans le dialogue entre Bhṛgu et Bharadvāja, s’achève le cent quatre-vingt-onzième chapitre.

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

• भृगुभरद्वाजसंवादे: in the dialogue of Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja
• भृगुभरद्वाजसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकनवत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-ninety-first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनवतिअधिकशततम
• 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: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and the speakers (Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja), marking the completion of the chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The discourse between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja has reached a stopping point: the chapter concludes, and the text formally records its end and context.