Shloka 215

Prahlāda–Indra Saṃvāda: Kartṛtva (Agency) and Svabhāva (Nature) in the Causation of Karma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने पजञ्चदशाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyādhyātmatattvavarṇanaviṣayako dviśatapañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت موکش دھرم پَرو میں، وار्षṇےیَ (شری کرشن) سے متعلق ادھیاتمک تَتّو کے بیان پر مشتمل دو سو پندرہواں باب اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• वार्ष्णेये: concerning Vārṣṇeya (Krishna)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्मतत्त्वे: in the topic of spiritual principle (adhyātma-tattva)
• अध्यात्मतत्त्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मतत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-fifteenth
• पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततम
• 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
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, this verse does not add new doctrine; it signals that the chapter’s core teaching was an exposition of adhyātma-tattva—spiritual reality concerning the Self and liberation—presented in relation to Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally marks the end of Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section chapter 215, summarizing its topic as a description of spiritual truth connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.