Śuka’s Nirveda: Vyāsa’s Admonition on Dharma, Impermanence, and ‘Imperishable Wealth’ (अक्षय-धन)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जनकानुशासने नवाधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi janakānuśāsane navādhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
এইভাবে শ্রীমহাভারতের শান্তিপর্বের মোক্ষধর্মপর্বে ‘জনকানুশাসন’ নামক তিনশো নয়তম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হল।
भीष्म उवाच
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it signals that the preceding discourse is framed as “Janaka’s Instruction” within the Mokṣa-dharma teachings of the Śānti Parva, emphasizing the text’s focus on liberation-oriented dharma.
The chapter concludes: the Mahābhārata’s internal book-and-section structure is stated (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter is identified as the 309th, titled “Janaka’s Instruction.”