Shloka 179

Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि आजगरप्रह्नादसंवादे एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ājagaraprahlādasaṃvāde ekonāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతి పర్వములోని మోక్షధర్మ పర్వములో, ఆజగర-వృత్తిని అనుసరించే ముని మరియు ప్రహ్లాదుని సంభాషణను వివరిస్తున్న నూట డెబ్బై తొమ్మిదవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

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

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

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

• आजगरप्रह्नादसंवादे: in the dialogue of Ājagara and Prahlāda
• आजगरप्रह्नादसंवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजगर-प्रह्नाद-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-seventy-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोन-आशीति-अधिक-शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Prahlāda
• Muni (sage)
• Ājagara-vṛtti (python-like mode of life)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The colophon closes a unit of instruction centered on mokṣa-oriented ethics: the ‘ājagara-vṛtti’ ideal of non-grasping, patient acceptance, and freedom from compulsive striving, presented through a dialogue that frames inner liberation as superior to restless acquisition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section. The text marks completion of the dialogue between Prahlāda and a sage who lives by the ‘python-like’ discipline, signaling that this particular teaching conversation has concluded.