Shloka 177
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मड़किगीतायां सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi maḍakīgītāyāṃ saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the revered Mahābhārata—known here as the “Song of Maḍakī.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of Adhyāya 178 in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, identifying the section as the Maḍakī-gītā.
The text signals a formal end to the chapter within Bhīṣma’s long instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary rather than advancing the story.