Shloka 217

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ोाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन अध्यात्मका वर्णनविषयक दो सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata go-kṣa-dharma-parva-meṁ śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kā varṇana-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptadaśa-tamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവാന്തർഗതമായ ഗോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണസംബന്ധമായ അധ്യാത്മവിവരണവിഷയകമായ ഇരുനൂറ്റി പതിനേഴാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner / by this way
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: in the Gokṣa-dharma-parvan section
• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण-सम्बन्धि: related to Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण-सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अध्यात्म-का: of spirituality / of the self-doctrine
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्म
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णन-विषयक: having as its subject the description
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णन-विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-शत-सप्त-दश: two-hundred-seventeen (217th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-शत-सप्त-दश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Go-kṣa-dharma-parva
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s subject was an exposition of adhyātma (spiritual knowledge) connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, situated within the Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally announces the completion of the 217th chapter within the Śānti Parva (in the Go-kṣa-dharma section). Although attributed under “Bhīṣma uvāca” in the running context, the sentence itself functions as an editorial/end-of-chapter marker.