Shloka 177

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मड़किगीतायां सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi maḍakīgītāyāṃ saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中“解脱法”（Mokṣadharma）一节的第一百七十八章——此处名为《玛达姬之歌》（“Song of Maḍakī”）——圆满结束。

Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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 Mokṣa-dharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मड़किगीतायाम्: in the song (teaching) of Maḍakī
• मड़किगीतायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मड़किगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमः: the one hundred seventy-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma
• Maḍakī-gītā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of Adhyāya 178 in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, identifying the section as the Maḍakī-gītā.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals a formal end to the chapter within Bhīṣma’s long instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than advancing the story.