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Shloka 220

अध्याय २२० — बलिवासवसंवादः

Bali–Vāsava Dialogue on Kāla and Steadfastness

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि दमप्रशंसायां विंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi damapraśaṃsāyāṃ viṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിലെ മോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ‘ദമ-പ്രശംസ’ എന്ന വിഷയത്തിലുള്ള ഇരുനൂറ്റി ഇരുപതാം അധ്യായം സമാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

दमप्रशंसायाम्in (the topic/chapter of) praise of self-control

विंशत्यधिकhaving twenty more (i.e., plus twenty)

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣadharma Parva

dama (self-restraint)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon signals that the chapter’s subject is damapraśaṃsā—praise of dama (self-restraint). In the Mokṣadharma context, self-control is presented as a foundational ethical discipline supporting inner peace and liberation-oriented living.

What is happening in the narrative?

This line is a concluding colophon marking the end of Adhyāya 220 in the Mokṣadharma section of the Śānti Parva. It functions as a textual closure rather than a spoken narrative event.