Shloka 289

Adhyāya 290: Sāṃkhya-vidhi, Deha-doṣa, Guṇa-vicāra, and Mokṣa-gati

Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मगहादेवजी और शुक्राचार्यका समागमविषयक दी सौ नवासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Mahādevajī ca Śukrācāryasya ca samāgamaviṣayikā dvi-śata-navāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.

Translation

至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中《解脱法门》（Mokṣadharma）部分第289章圆满结束，本章叙述大天摩诃提婆（湿婆，Śiva）与首迦罗阿阇黎（Śukrācārya）之会晤。此结语（章末题记）标示该段落的完成，并将其置于关于法（dharma）与解脱（mokṣa）的宏大伦理与解脱论述之中。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Shri'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारत: Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शान्ति: of Shanti (peace)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the Parva/section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्म: of Moksha-dharma (dharma of liberation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पर्व: in the section
• पर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महादेव: of Mahadeva (Shiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जी: honorific particle (Hindi usage)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जी

• शुक्राचार्य: of Shukracharya
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्राचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समागम: of meeting/encounter
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वि: two
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि

• शत: hundred
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नवाशीति: eighty-nine
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवाशीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पूरः: complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Śukrācārya
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣadharma Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a Mokṣadharma chapter and situates the episode (Śiva–Śukrācārya meeting) within the broader Śānti Parva project of teaching dharma oriented toward inner peace and liberation.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text is not a narrative event but an editorial/colophonic closure stating that the chapter about the encounter between Mahādeva and Śukrācārya has concluded within the Mokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva.