Shloka 190

निरय-परमस्थान-वर्णनम्

Niraya and the Supreme Station: A Metaphysical Re-reading

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भुगुभरद्वाजसंवादे नवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgubharadvājasaṃvāde navatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parvan—đặc biệt là phần Mokṣa-dharma—cuộc đối thoại giữa Bhṛgu và Bharadvāja kết thúc, đánh dấu sự viên mãn của chương một trăm chín mươi (tức chương 191 theo cách đánh số này).

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 Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: in the dialogue of Bhrigu and Bharadvaja
• भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु-भरद्वाज-संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नवति-अधिक-शततमः: the one hundred and ninetieth
• नवति-अधिक-शततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवति-अधिक-शततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Bhṛgu
• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the textual setting (Śānti Parvan, Mokṣa-dharma) and closes the Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja dialogue, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward dharma and liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes: the compiler’s closing formula identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the interlocutors (Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja), and marks the end of the chapter.