Shloka 189

Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भूगुभरद्वाजसंवादे वर्णस्वरूपकथने एकोननवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhṛgu-bharadvāja-saṃvāde varṇa-svarūpa-kathane ekona-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》中，尤以《解脱法》一部而言：此为婆利古与婆罗多婆阇对话之终章，所论乃阐明诸种姓（varṇa）之真实本性者——第一百九十章毕。

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• 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

• भृगु: of Bhṛgu
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भरद्वाज: of Bharadvāja
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संवादे: in the dialogue
• संवादे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वर्णस्वरूपकथने: in the narration of the nature of varṇa
• वर्णस्वरूपकथने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णस्वरूपकथन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एकोननवत्यधिकशततमः: the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकोननवत्यधिकशततम
• 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
• Bhṛgu
• Bharadvāja
• Varṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is a colophon marking the chapter’s conclusion; it frames the teaching as an inquiry into varṇa-svarūpa (the essential nature of social orders) within Mokṣa-dharma, implying an ethical focus on what truly constitutes status and duty beyond mere labels.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva: the dialogue between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja, specifically the portion discussing the nature of varṇas, concluding Chapter 190.