Shloka 240

Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने चत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne catvāriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong bộ Śrī Mahābhārata, thuộc Śānti Parvan—cụ thể là phần Mokṣa-dharma—kết thúc chương thứ hai trăm bốn mươi, nói về cuộc vấn hỏi tiếp theo của Śuka. (Đây là lời kết chương.)

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• शुकानुप्रश्ने: in (the topic of) Shuka's follow-up question(s)
• शुकानुप्रश्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकानुप्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चत्वारिंशत्: forty
• Type: Noun
• Root: चत्वारिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विशततमः: two-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parvan
• Mokṣa-dharma Parvan (Mokṣadharma)
• Śuka
• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is not a doctrinal instruction but a colophon: it formally closes the chapter and situates it within the Śānti Parvan’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the topic as Śuka’s follow-up inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator’s editorial closing formula marks that the discussion prompted by Śuka’s further questions has concluded for this chapter (Adhyāya 240), and the text transitions to the next unit.