Shloka 186

Adhyātma-nirdeśa

Definition of Adhyātma): Mahābhūtas, Indriyas, Guṇas, and the Witness (Kṣetrajña

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jīvasvarūpākṣepe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》之中——尤在《解脱法》一段——题为《论辨/驳诘个体生命我（jīva）之真实本性》的第一百八十七章至此告终。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered 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

• जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपे: in (the topic of) the objection/refutation regarding the nature of the jīva
• जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवस्वरूपाक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• षडशीत्यधिकशततमः: one hundred and eighty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडशीत्यधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• jīva (individual self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is a philosophical inquiry into the jīva’s true nature—framing liberation-oriented ethics around correct understanding of the self, typically through objections and clarifications in a debate style.

What is happening in the narrative?

The line is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter’s theme as an examination of the individual self (jīva).