Shloka 176

Adhyāya 177: Pañca-mahābhūta-vicāra and Vṛkṣa-jīva-lakṣaṇa

Five Elements Inquiry and the Status of Plant Life

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शम्पाकगीतायां षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śampākagītāyāṃ ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ «Mahābhārata» tôn nghiêm, thuộc «Śānti Parva»—đặc biệt là phần «Mokṣa-dharma»—bài «Śampāka-gītā» kết thúc tại đây, tức chương thứ một trăm bảy mươi bảy. Đây là lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự khép lại của một giáo huấn về pháp hướng đến giải thoát trong lời chỉ dạy của Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Moksha-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शम्पाकगीतायाम्: in the Shampaka-gita
• शम्पाकगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्पाकगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Śampāka-gītā
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of the Śampāka-gītā within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and higher dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter and a named discourse. In the broader Śānti Parva setting, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira; here the redactor’s closing formula marks the end of chapter 177 (as counted in this tradition) within Mokṣa-dharma.