Shloka 202

Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories

Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु-ब॒हस्पति-संवादविषयक दो सौ दोवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayaka dviśata-dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

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

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वके: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मनु-बृहस्पति-संवाद-विषयक: concerning the dialogue of Manu and Brihaspati
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशत-द्वितीयः: two hundred and second
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशतद्वितीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

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

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as Mokṣadharma—dharma oriented toward liberation—and identifies its pedagogical form as a Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, emphasizing authoritative instruction on ethical and spiritual aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma’s discourse (as presented in the Śānti Parva) reaches a formal chapter boundary: the text announces that the chapter concerning the Manu–Bṛhaspati conversation has concluded, marking a transition point to the next unit of instruction.