Shloka 213

दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint

Dama

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने त्रयोदशाधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyādhyātmakathane trayodaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | asmin prakāre śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇo 'ntargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kathana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ |

Translation

Demikian, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, pada Śānti Parvan dan bagian Mokṣa-dharma, berakhir bab ke-213 yang memuat ajaran rohani terkait Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa). Dengan demikian selesailah bab tentang tuntunan spiritual yang berhubungan dengan Kṛṣṇa dalam Mokṣa-dharma pada Śānti Parvan.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣadharma-parvan
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वार्ष्णेये: regarding Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्मकथने: in the discourse on spirituality
• अध्यात्मकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयोदशाधिक: thirteen more (i.e., +13)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदशाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the end of a chapter whose subject is adhyātma (spiritual/inner teaching) connected with Vārṣṇeya, i.e., Śrī Kṛṣṇa, situated within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parvan—framing the discourse as oriented toward liberation and inner realization.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new narrative action occurs here; the line functions as a formal closing statement (chapter-end colophon) indicating that the 213rd chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma section in the Śānti Parvan has been completed.