Shloka 217

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ोाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन अध्यात्मका वर्णनविषयक दो सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata go-kṣa-dharma-parva-meṁ śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kā varṇana-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptadaśa-tamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

Assim termina o capítulo ducentésimo décimo sétimo do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, na seção Go-kṣa-dharma, que trata da descrição do conhecimento espiritual em conexão com Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Este é o colofão conclusivo que assinala a conclusão do ensinamento do capítulo.

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-केof the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan

अन्तर्गतincluded within

गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-मेंin the Gokṣa-dharma-parvan section

श्रीकृष्ण-सम्बन्धिrelated to Śrī Kṛṣṇa

अध्यात्म-काof spirituality / of the self-doctrine

वर्णन-विषयकhaving as its subject the description

द्वि-शत-सप्त-दशtwo-hundred-seventeen (217th)

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted

अभवत्was / became

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Go-kṣa-dharma-parva

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s subject was an exposition of adhyātma (spiritual knowledge) connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, situated within the Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally announces the completion of the 217th chapter within the Śānti Parva (in the Go-kṣa-dharma section). Although attributed under “Bhīṣma uvāca” in the running context, the sentence itself functions as an editorial/end-of-chapter marker.