Shloka 142
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्व॒रसंवादे द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें उमामहेश्वरसंवादाविषयक एक सौ बयालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde dvi-catvāriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anuśāsana Parva, in the section on the dharma of giving (dāna-dharma), in the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara, the one-hundred-and-forty-second chapter concludes. (The colophon in the printed edition likewise reiterates that this chapter on the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue, under the Dāna-dharma section, has ended.)
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the teaching context as dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving) delivered through the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue, emphasizing that the surrounding instruction belongs to the moral discipline of generosity and righteous conduct.
The text is concluding: it formally states that, within the Mahābhārata’s Anuśāsana Parva and its dāna-dharma section, the chapter connected with the dialogue between Umā and Maheśvara has ended (the 142nd chapter as counted in this internal sequence/colophon tradition).