Shloka 211

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

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन्धी अध्यात्मका कथनविषयक दो सौ ग्यारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kathanaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-ekādaśottara-adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ମୋକ୍ଷଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ, ଗୋକ୍ଷଧର୍ମ-ଉପପର୍ବ ମଧ୍ୟରେ, ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ-ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ ଆଧ୍ୟାତ୍ମିକ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ-ପ୍ରତିପାଦନ ବିଷୟକ ଦୁଇଶେ ଏଗାରତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace; Śānti
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्वकस्य: of the Parvan (section)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वक
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included within; contained in
• अन्तर्गत: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोक्ष: in Gokṣa (name of a sub-parvan/section)
• गोक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्म: in Dharma (as part of the title)
• धर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan; section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सम्बन्धि: related to; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अध्यात्म: of spirituality; of the inner self
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्म
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कथन: of the statement; narration
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: having as its subject; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशत: two-hundred
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकादश: eleventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣa-dharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it signals that the chapter’s subject matter was an exposition of adhyātma (spiritual doctrine) connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, rather than presenting a new ethical injunction in itself.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes the 211th chapter within Śānti Parva, specifying its placement in the Gokṣa-dharma sub-parva and summarizing its topic as Kṛṣṇa-related spiritual instruction.