Shloka 193
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भीष्मयुधिष्ठटिर संवादे आचारविधौ त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhīṣma-yudhiṣṭhira-saṃvāde ācāravidhau tri-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, im Śānti Parva—insbesondere im Abschnitt Mokṣa-dharma—im Gespräch zwischen Bhīṣma und Yudhiṣṭhira das Kapitel über die Regeln rechten Verhaltens (ācāra-vidhi): das hundertdreiundneunzigste Kapitel.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to ācāra (right conduct). Its ethical emphasis is that dharma is to be learned and transmitted through structured instruction—here, Bhīṣma’s authoritative teaching to Yudhiṣṭhira within the Mokṣa-dharma framework.
The text is concluding a chapter in the Śānti Parvan. Bhīṣma, speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, has been expounding the discipline of proper conduct; this closing formula identifies the work, the parvan/section, the interlocutors, the topic (ācāravidhi), and the chapter number.