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Shloka 189

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भूगुभरद्वाजसंवादे वर्णस्वरूपकथने एकोननवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgu-bharadvāja-saṃvāde varṇa-svarūpa-kathane ekona-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ മോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ, ഭൃഗു–ഭരദ്വാജസംവാദത്തിൽ വർണങ്ങളുടെ സ്വരൂപം വിവരിക്കുന്ന നൂറ്റിത്തൊണ്ണൂറ്റാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

भृगुof Bhṛgu

भरद्वाजof Bharadvāja

संवादेin the dialogue

वर्णस्वरूपकथनेin the narration of the nature of varṇa

एकोननवत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Bhṛgu

Bharadvāja

Varṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the chapter’s conclusion; it frames the teaching as an inquiry into varṇa-svarūpa (the essential nature of social orders) within Mokṣa-dharma, implying an ethical focus on what truly constitutes status and duty beyond mere labels.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva: the dialogue between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja, specifically the portion discussing the nature of varṇas, concluding Chapter 190.