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Shloka 36

Daivī–Āsurī Sampad-Vibhāga (दैवी–आसुरी संपद्विभागः) | Division of Constructive and Destructive Dispositions

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणि श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सु ब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादे भक्तियोगो नाम द्वादशो5ध्याय: ।। १२ ॥। भीष्मपर्वणि तु षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde bhaktiyogo nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 12 || bhīṣmaparvaṇi tu ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນມະຫາພາຣະຕະ—ໃນພາກ Bhīṣma Parvan, ໃນຕອນທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ Bhagavad Gītā—ຄຳສອນແບບອຸປນິສັດວ່າດ້ວຍວິຊາພຣະພຣະຫມະ ແລະວິນັຍໂຍຄະ ໃນບົດສົນທະນາລະຫວ່າງ ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນະ ແລະ ອາຣະຈຸນ—ບົດທີ 12 ຊື່ “ໂຍຄະແຫ່ງຄວາມອຸທິດຕົນ (Bhakti Yoga)” ຈຶ່ງສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ໃນ Bhīṣma Parvan ນັບເປັນບົດທີ 36.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the Śrī Mahābhārata

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापर्वणिin the Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā-parvan (section)

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासुin the Śrīmad Bhagavadgītā (verses/chapters)

उपनिषत्सुamong the Upaniṣads

ब्रह्मविद्यायाम्in the knowledge of Brahman

योगशास्त्रेin the scripture of yoga

श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेin the dialogue of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna

भक्तियोगःBhakti-yoga (the yoga of devotion)

नामby name; called

द्वादशःtwelfth

अध्यायःchapter

भीष्मपर्वणिin the Bhīṣma-parvan

तुbut; indeed

षट्त्रिंशःthirty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Bhīṣma Parvan

Bhagavad Gītā

Upaniṣads

Brahman

Yoga

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a doctrinal verse. It frames the preceding discourse as an Upaniṣadic-style teaching on brahma-knowledge and yoga, and it names the completed unit as the twelfth Gītā chapter, “Bhakti-yoga,” emphasizing devotion as a legitimate and central yogic discipline within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of the chapter on devotion within the Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna dialogue, situated on the battlefield narrative of the Bhīṣma Parvan. It also notes the internal chapter count within the larger parvan, functioning as an editorial marker for recitation and transmission.