Shloka 212

दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint

Dama

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन अध्यात्मकथनविषयक दो सौ बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate gokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandha adhyātma-kathana-viṣayaka dvi-śata-dvādaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت گوکش دھرم پَرو میں شری کرشن سے متعلق آدھیاتمک بیان پر مشتمل دو سو بارہواں ادھیائے 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: glorious, great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री + महा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: in (the) Śānti (Parva)
• शान्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गोक्ष: in Gokṣa (name of a sub-parva/section)
• गोक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्म: in the Dharma (section/topic)
• धर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्व: in the sub-book/section (parva)
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सम्बन्धि: related/connected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्म: in the spiritual (topic)
• अध्यात्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्म
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथन: in the narration/statement
• कथन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विषयक: having as its subject; concerning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelfth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अभवत्: was/has become (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Gokṣa-dharma Parva (section)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon: it does not introduce a new doctrine but signals that a chapter focused on a spiritual (adhyātma) discourse connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa—within the Gokṣa-dharma section of the Śānti Parva—has concluded.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text formally closes the chapter, indicating its placement (Śānti Parva → Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject matter (a spiritual exposition related to Śrī Kṛṣṇa).