Shloka 217

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ोाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसम्बन अध्यात्मका वर्णनविषयक दो सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata go-kṣa-dharma-parva-meṁ śrīkṛṣṇa-sambandhī adhyātma-kā varṇana-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptadaśa-tamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ huā

Translation

Như vậy, chương thứ hai trăm mười bảy của Śānti Parva trong Śrī Mahābhārata—thuộc phần Go-kṣa-dharma, bàn về sự mô tả tri thức tâm linh liên hệ đến Śrī Kṛṣṇa—đã được kết thúc. Đây là lời kết (colophon) đánh dấu sự hoàn mãn của giáo huấn trong chương này.

Word by Word

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

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

• श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व-के: of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Śānti-parvan
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहा-भारत-शान्ति-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: in the Gokṣa-dharma-parvan section
• गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व-में: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोक्ष-धर्म-पर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण-सम्बन्धि: related to Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण-सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अध्यात्म-का: of spirituality / of the self-doctrine
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्म
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वर्णन-विषयक: having as its subject the description
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्णन-विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि-शत-सप्त-दश: two-hundred-seventeen (217th)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि-शत-सप्त-दश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• समाप्तः: completed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Go-kṣa-dharma-parva
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s subject was an exposition of adhyātma (spiritual knowledge) connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, situated within the Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse framework.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally announces the completion of the 217th chapter within the Śānti Parva (in the Go-kṣa-dharma section). Although attributed under “Bhīṣma uvāca” in the running context, the sentence itself functions as an editorial/end-of-chapter marker.