Shloka 196

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong «Śrī Mahābhārata», thuộc «Śānti Parva»—đặc biệt ở phần «Mokṣa-dharma»—chương mang tên “Jāpaka”, tức chương thứ một trăm chín mươi sáu, đã kết thúc. (Đây là lời kết chương, không phải một câu thơ tự sự.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the sacred 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 Mokṣadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जापक: in (the story of) Jāpaka
• जापक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जापक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपाख्याने: in the episode; in the sub-narrative
• उपाख्याने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षण्णवतिअधिकशततमः: the one hundred and ninety-sixth
• षण्णवतिअधिकशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षण्णवतिअधिकशततम
• 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
• Jāpaka (upākhyāna/episode)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter associated with the Jāpaka episode.

What is happening in the narrative?

No narrative action occurs here. The text is closing a chapter and formally naming its placement and title within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma portion).