Shloka 177

Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मद्किगीताविषयक एक सौ सतहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvaṇi madgītāviṣayaka ekaśata-saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ một trăm bảy mươi bảy, nói về chủ đề «Madgītā», thuộc phần Mokṣadharma trong Śānti Parva của bộ Mahābhārata tôn kính, đã kết thúc. Lời kết (colophon) này báo hiệu sự hoàn tất của một đơn vị giáo lý hướng đến giải thoát, được đặt trong khuôn khổ lời chỉ dạy của Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahābhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of peace; of Śānti
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: section/book (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• के: in which
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular (relative pronoun used as 'in which')

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

• मोक्ष: of liberation
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• मध्ये: within; in the middle of
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्ये

• मद्गीता: of the Madgītā (topic/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्गीता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning; pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एक: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त

• सप्ततितम: seventieth (ordinal)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तति-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूर्य: having been completed
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund) from √पूर्, 'having been completed/fulfilled'

• अभवत्: was; became (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Madgītā
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter within Mokṣadharma, a section devoted to teachings on dharma that culminate in liberation (mokṣa). Its function is to frame and authenticate the textual unit, indicating that the preceding discourse—attributed to Bhīṣma—belongs to a liberation-oriented ethical and spiritual instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrative voice signals closure: within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma portion, the chapter identified as dealing with the ‘Madgītā’ topic has concluded. In the broader Śānti Parva setting, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira; here the editor’s colophon simply announces the end of that specific chapter.