Shloka 184

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भुगुभरद्वाजसंवादे चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgubharadvājasaṃvāde caturāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వంలోని మోక్షధర్మపర్వంలో భృగు–భరద్వాజ సంభాషణలో నూట ఎనభై నాలుగవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది।

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादेin the dialogue of Bhrigu and Bharadvaja

चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमःthe one-hundred-and-eighty-fourth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Bhṛgu

Bharadvāja

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon. Its function is to certify the textual location: the teaching belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva and occurs within the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja dialogue, concluding chapter 184.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text formally announces that the preceding discussion between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja has reached the end of the 184th adhyāya within the Mokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva.