Shloka 229

Jñāna-plava (The Raft of Knowledge): Svabhāva, Prajñā, and the Ascent to Ātmajñāna

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जैगीषव्यासितसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jaigīṣavyāsitasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် ဂုဏ်သရေရှိသော မဟာဘာရတ၏ ရှာန္တိပရဝ၌၊ မောက္ခဓမ္မ အပိုင်းအတွင်းရှိ ဇိုင်ဂီရှဗျနှင့် အစိတ (ဒေဝလ) တို့၏ ဆွေးနွေးပွဲသည် ဤနေရာတွင် ပြီးဆုံး၏—ဤသည်မှာ အခန်း ၂၂၉ ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤကော်လိုဖွန်သည် အခန်း၏ တရားဝင်ပိတ်သိမ်းမှုကို မှတ်သားစေပြီး၊ အထက်ပါ ဆွေးနွေးချက်ကို ဇာတ်လမ်းဆက်မဟုတ်ဘဲ လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်းသို့ ဦးတည်သော ဓမ္မသင်ခန်းစာအဖြစ် ချမှတ်ပေးသည်။

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• 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

• जैगीषव्य: of Jaigishavya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• असित: of Asita
• Type: Noun
• Root: असित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमः: the 229th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोनत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

जैगीषव्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Jaigīṣavya
• Asita (Devala)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as Mokṣa-dharma instruction delivered through a sage-to-sage dialogue, emphasizing liberation-oriented dharma as the chapter’s ethical and spiritual context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the 229th chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma section within Śānti Parva, identifying the dialogue participants (Jaigīṣavya and Asita/Devala) and marking the end of that instructional exchange.