Shloka 215

Prahlāda–Indra Saṃvāda: Kartṛtva (Agency) and Svabhāva (Nature) in the Causation of Karma

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वार्ष्णेया ध्यात्मक थने पजञ्चदशाधिकद्वधिशततमो< ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vārṣṇeyādhyātmatattvavarṇanaviṣayako dviśatapañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

至此，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》中，于《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）之内，尤在《解脱法门》一部之中，第二百一十五章告终——其旨在阐明与瓦尔什涅亚（Vārṣṇeya，即圣克里希那）相关的灵性真理。

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

• वार्ष्णेये: concerning Vārṣṇeya (Krishna)
• वार्ष्णेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अध्यात्मतत्त्वे: in the topic of spiritual principle (adhyātma-tattva)
• अध्यात्मतत्त्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मतत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमः: the two-hundred-and-fifteenth
• पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकद्विशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a chapter-colophon, this verse does not add new doctrine; it signals that the chapter’s core teaching was an exposition of adhyātma-tattva—spiritual reality concerning the Self and liberation—presented in relation to Vārṣṇeya (Śrī Kṛṣṇa).

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is closing the chapter: it formally marks the end of Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section chapter 215, summarizing its topic as a description of spiritual truth connected with Śrī Kṛṣṇa.