Shloka 200

Keśava-tattva-kathana

On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने द्विशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ปรากฏในศานติปรวะ หมวดโมกษธรรมปรวะ ตอนที่เรียกว่า “ชาปก-อุปาขยานะ” บทที่สองร้อยได้สิ้นสุดลงแล้ว

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quotation 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

• जापक-उपाख्याने: in the narrative called 'Jāpaka'
• जापक-उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जापकउपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• 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
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Jāpaka-upākhyāna
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it primarily identifies the textual location and signals the completion of a chapter within Mokṣadharma, a section broadly devoted to liberation-oriented dharma—inner discipline, renunciation, and contemplative practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s extended instruction in Śānti Parva proceeds through many sub-episodes (upākhyānas). Here the text marks the end of the two-hundredth chapter, specifically within the Jāpaka episode, indicating a transition to the next chapter or topic.