Shloka 177

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मड़किगीतायां सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi maḍakīgītāyāṃ saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ một trăm bảy mươi tám của phần Mokṣadharma trong Śānti Parva của Mahābhārata tôn kính—tại đây được gọi là “Khúc ca của Maḍakī”—đến đây kết thúc.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Śānti-parvan
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मड़किगीतायाम्: in the song (teaching) of Maḍakī
• मड़किगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मड़किगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma
• Maḍakī-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of Adhyāya 178 in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, identifying the section as the Maḍakī-gītā.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals a formal end to the chapter within Bhīṣma’s long instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than advancing the story.