Shloka 196

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

یہاں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے موکش دھرم پَرو میں ‘جاپک’ اُپاخیان کے نام سے معروف ایک سو چھانوےواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the sacred Mahābhārata

शान्तिपर्वणिin the Śānti-parvan

मोक्षधर्मपर्वणिin the Mokṣadharma section

जापकin (the story of) Jāpaka

उपाख्यानेin the episode; in the sub-narrative

षण्णवतिअधिकशततमःthe one hundred and ninety-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Mokṣa-dharma Parva

Jāpaka (upākhyāna/episode)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter associated with the Jāpaka episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text is closing a chapter and formally naming its placement and title within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma portion).