Shloka 176

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शम्पाकगीतायां षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śampākagītāyāṃ ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah, dalam Mahābhārata yang dimuliakan, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—berakhirlah Śampāka-gītā, iaitu bab yang ke-seratus tujuh puluh tujuh. Inilah kolofon penutup yang menandai tamatnya suatu ajaran dharma yang berorientasikan pembebasan dalam nasihat Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Moksha-dharma section

शम्पाकगीतायाम्in the Shampaka-gita

षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमःthe one hundred seventy-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrīmahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Śampāka-gītā

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of the Śampāka-gītā within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and higher dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter and a named discourse. In the broader Śānti Parva setting, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira; here the redactor’s closing formula marks the end of chapter 177 (as counted in this tradition) within Mokṣa-dharma.