Shloka 187
Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method
Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें भगु-भरद्वाजके संवादके प्रयंगें जीवके स्वरूपका निरूपणविषयक एक सौ सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvake antargate Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Bhṛgu-Bharadvājayoḥ saṃvādasya prasaṅge jīvasya svarūpanirūpaṇaviṣayaka ekaśatasaptāśītamo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-seventh chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the context of the dialogue between Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja, expounding the true nature of the individual self (jīva).
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s stated focus is the clarification of the jīva’s true nature (svarūpa)—a Mokṣadharma theme that frames liberation as grounded in right understanding of the self rather than merely external action.
This line functions as a concluding colophon: it marks the completion of a chapter in the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, situating the teaching within the ongoing dialogue between the sages Bhṛgu and Bharadvāja.