Shloka 224

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें बलि और इन्द्रका संवादविषयक दो सौ चौबीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraḥ Śrīmahābhārata-Śāntiparva-antargata-Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi Bali-Indra-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-caturviṃśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

Demikianlah berakhir bab ke-224 dalam bahagian Gokṣa-dharma yang terkandung dalam Śānti Parva bagi Śrī Mahābhārata, yang memperkatakan dialog antara Bali dan Indra. Kolofon ini menandai penyempurnaan bahagian tersebut, membingkai pertukaran yang terdahulu sebagai ajaran tentang dharma yang disampaikan melalui perbualan mereka.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारम्manner/way

श्रीमहाभारतthe revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वकेin/within the Shanti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded/contained

गोक्षधर्मपर्वमेंin the Goksha-dharma-parvan section

बलिof Bali

चand

इन्द्रस्यof Indra

संवादविषयकconcerning the dialogue

द्विशतचतुर्विंशतितमःtwo-hundred-and-twenty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

पूर्णःcompleted/finished

अभवत्was/became

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śakra (Indra)

Bali

Śrīmahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Gokṣadharma Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the preceding material is a dharma-oriented teaching presented through the Bali–Indra dialogue, and it formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instructional framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not advancing the story here; it is marking the end of a chapter—specifically, the completion of the 224th chapter on the subject of the conversation between Bali and Indra within the Gokṣa-dharma subsection of the Śānti Parva.