Shloka 205

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṁvāda-viṣayakaḥ dvi-śata-pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Như vậy kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm lẻ năm của phần Mokṣadharma thuộc Śānti Parva trong thánh sử Mahābhārata, trình bày cuộc đối thoại giữa Manu và Bṛhaspati.

Word by Word

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

• प्रकारेण: in this manner
• प्रकारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• श्री: venerable/holy (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शान्ति: of Shanti (peace)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• पर्व: section/book (parva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• के: in/within
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• मोक्षधर्म: in the Mokshadharma (section on liberation-dharma)
• मोक्षधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पर्व: in the parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्व
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• मनु: of Manu
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बृहस्पति: of Brihaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• संवाद: by (the) dialogue
• संवाद: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वि

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च

• अध्याय: chapter
• अध्याय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सम्पूर्ण: complete/finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: was/has become (ended)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: aorist, third, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva
• Manu
• Bṛhaspati

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 whose subject is the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue in the Mokṣadharma section, framing the teachings as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and liberation-oriented instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text formally closes a chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma portion, indicating that the discourse topic (Manu and Bṛhaspati) has concluded and the compilation proceeds to the next unit.