Shloka 212

Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने दादशाधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyā adhyātma-sthāne dvādaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian Mokṣa-dharma—bab ke-212 yang diletakkan dalam konteks kaum Vārṣṇeya dan berkaitan dengan ajaran kerohanian. Ini ialah kolofon rasmi yang menandai penutupan wacana yang disandarkan kepada Bhishma, serta menempatkannya dalam ajaran etika dan pembebasan Śānti Parva.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• वार्ष्णेये: in (the topic of) Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa/descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आध्यात्मिकस्थाने: in the spiritual topic/section
• आध्यात्मिकस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आध्यात्मिकस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vārṣṇeyas (Vṛṣṇi/Yādava lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to frame the teaching as part of the Mokṣa-dharma (liberation-oriented dharma) within the Śānti Parva, emphasizing the text’s ethical-spiritual orientation (adhyātma) and formally closing the chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative voice signals the end of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s extended instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva. It identifies the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter number (212), serving as an editorial boundary marker.