Shloka 206

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादे षडधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manubṛhaspati-saṃvāde ṣaḍ-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारतात शान्तिपर्वातील मोक्षधर्मपर्वात मनु–बृहस्पती संवादाचा दोनशे सहावा अध्याय.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादे: in the dialogue of Manu and Brihaspati
• मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुबृहस्पतिसंवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षट्: six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: more; additional
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan
• Manu
• Bṛhaspati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parvan and is framed as a Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s role as a repository of ethical and liberation-oriented teachings delivered in a post-war context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text marks its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan (the peace-time instruction given after the war), specifically within the Mokṣa-dharma section, and identifies the just-completed unit as the 206th chapter featuring a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati.