Shloka 206

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादे षडधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manubṛhaspati-saṃvāde ṣaḍ-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వములో మోక్షధర్మపర్వమున మను–బృహస్పతి సంభాషణలో రెండువందల ఆరవ అధ్యాయం.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the revered Mahabharata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Shanti Parva

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokshadharma section

मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादेin the dialogue of Manu and Brihaspati

षट्six

अधिकmore; additional

द्विशततमःtwo-hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parvan

Mokṣa-dharma Parvan

Manu

Bṛhaspati

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the preceding instruction belongs to the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parvan and is framed as a Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s role as a repository of ethical and liberation-oriented teachings delivered in a post-war context.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The text marks its placement within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parvan (the peace-time instruction given after the war), specifically within the Mokṣa-dharma section, and identifies the just-completed unit as the 206th chapter featuring a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati.