Shloka 201
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें भूमिके भीतर भगवान् वाराहकी क्रीड़ानामक दो सौ नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhūmikāyāṁ bhagavataḥ Varāhasya krīḍānāmakaḥ dviśata-navamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ ഗോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ ‘ഭൂമിയുടെ ഉള്ളിൽ ഭഗവാൻ വരാഹന്റെ ക്രീഡ’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള ഇരുനൂറ്റി ഒൻപതാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Although this line is primarily a colophon, it points to a key idea: the Lord’s incarnate actions (here, Varāha’s ‘play’) are not random but serve the maintenance of dharma and cosmic stability, inviting a devotional-ethical reading of divine intervention.
The text is marking closure: it announces that the 209th chapter—titled “Varāha’s Play”—within the Śānti Parva’s Gokṣa-dharma section has been completed, functioning as an editorial/end-of-chapter notice rather than a spoken narrative verse.