Shloka 214

Adhyāya 214: Tapas Redefined—Perpetual Discipline, Hospitality, and the Ethics of Eating (तपः-निरूपणम्, विघसाशी-अतिथिप्रिय-धर्मः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyādhyātmakathane caturdaśādhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

Так завершается в «Шри Махабхарате», в пределах «Шанти-парвы» и, в особенности, в разделе «Мокша-дхарма», двести четырнадцатая глава, излагающая духовное наставление (адхьятма), относящееся к Варшнее (Шри Кришне). Это колофон, отмечающий завершение учения о внутреннем постижении и дхарме, направленной к освобождению.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• 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

• वार्ष्णेये: concerning the Vārṣṇeya (Krishna)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आध्यात्मिकथने: in the spiritual discourse/statement
• आध्यात्मिकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आध्यात्मिकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-fourteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal śloka: it signals that the chapter’s core content concerns adhyātma (inner spiritual knowledge) and mokṣa-dharma (liberation-oriented dharma), framed as a discourse connected with Vārṣṇeya—Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the 214th chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma portion within Śānti Parva. It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating completion of that chapter’s discussion.