Shloka 195

Śarīrin, Buddhi, and the Limits of Sense-Perception (इन्द्रियबुद्धिशरीरिविचारः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि ध्यानयोगकथने पजञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dhyānayogakathane pañcanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma—s’achève le chapitre qui expose la discipline de la méditation (dhyāna-yoga) : le cent quatre-vingt-quinzième (195).

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• ध्यानयोगकथने: in the discourse on dhyana-yoga
• ध्यानयोगकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यानयोगकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-ninety-fifth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चनवत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma (section)
• Dhyāna-yoga (meditation discipline)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section; it frames the chapter’s subject as dhyāna-yoga—meditative discipline aimed at inner steadiness and liberation-oriented understanding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a discourse within Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma portion. It is a formal closing formula identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parvan (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter theme (teaching on dhyāna-yoga).