Shloka 260
Daṇḍa, Ahiṃsā, and Proportional Kingship: The Dyumatsena–Satyavān Dialogue (दण्ड-अहिंसा-विवेकः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि धर्मप्रामाण्याक्षेपे षष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dharmaprāmāṇyākṣepe ṣaṣṭyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত মোক্ষধৰ্মপৰ্বত ধৰ্মৰ প্ৰামাণ্যতা সম্পৰ্কে আপত্তি-বিষয়ক দুই শত ষাটতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is a critical examination of dharma’s prāmāṇya—its claim to be authoritative and binding. Ethically, it frames dharma not as a mere custom but as something whose legitimacy can be questioned and defended through reasoned inquiry.
The verse is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parva. It does not advance the plot directly; rather, it formally closes the discussion on an objection regarding the authority of dharma.