Shloka 201

Varāha-avatāra: Viṣṇu’s subterranean intervention and the cosmic nāda (Śānti-parva 202)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-ekaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت موکش دھرم پَرو میں منو اور برہسپتی کے مکالمے سے متعلق دو سو ایکواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: in the Mokṣa-dharma section
• मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मनु: of Manu
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बृहस्पति-का: of Bṛhaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद-विषयक: concerning the dialogue
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवाद-विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-शत: two-hundred (i.e., 200th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-शत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक-तम: first (forming 201st with the previous)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्णः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Manu
• Bṛhaspati
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s teaching—presented as a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati within Mokṣadharma—has concluded, situating the discourse within the broader ethical and liberative aims of Śānti Parva.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues through embedded teachings; here the text formally closes the chapter that treated the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, indicating the end of that particular instructional unit.