Shloka 230

Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati

Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने दशाधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyā dhyātmakathane daśādhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤以《解脱法门》（Mokṣa-dharma）一段所载，关于与瓦尔什涅耶（Vārṣṇeya）系相关之内证（adhyātma）教诲的第二百一十章，宣告终了。（章末题记）

Word by Word

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable 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

• वार्ष्णेये: in (the topic of) Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa, descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्मिकस्थाने: in the spiritual topic/section (adhyātmika-sthāna)
• अध्यात्मिकस्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मिकस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-tenth (chapter)
• दशाधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vārṣṇeya (Vṛṣṇi clan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s core content belongs to Mokṣa-dharma—ethical and spiritual instruction oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and inner realization (adhyātma).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing a chapter within Śānti Parva. It formally marks the end of Adhyāya 210 in the Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter’s topic as an adhyātma-oriented teaching connected with the Vārṣṇeya context.