Shloka 212

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने दादशाधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyā adhyātma-sthāne dvādaśādhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेयाध्यात्मकथने द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः॥

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī-Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokṣa-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वार्ष्णेये: in (the topic of) Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa/descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आध्यात्मिकस्थाने: in the spiritual topic/section
• आध्यात्मिकस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आध्यात्मिकस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्वादशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vārṣṇeyas (Vṛṣṇi/Yādava lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to frame the teaching as part of the Mokṣa-dharma (liberation-oriented dharma) within the Śānti Parva, emphasizing the text’s ethical-spiritual orientation (adhyātma) and formally closing the chapter.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative voice signals the end of a chapter in Bhīṣma’s extended instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva. It identifies the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter number (212), serving as an editorial boundary marker.