Shloka 200
प्रजापतयः देवगणाश्च दिशि-दिशि स्थिताः ऋषयः
Prajāpatis, Deva-Groups, and the Ṛṣis Assigned to the Directions
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें जापकका उपाख्यानविषयक दो सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Mokṣadharmaparvaṇi Jāpakopākhyāna-viṣayaka dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
Thus ends the two-hundredth chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, concerning the episode (upākhyāna) of Jāpaka. This closing colophon marks the completion of that instructional narrative, set within Bhīṣma’s discourse on dharma directed toward liberation.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a Mokṣadharma chapter, indicating that the preceding material used the Jāpaka episode as an instructive narrative within Bhīṣma’s broader teaching on liberation-oriented dharma.
The text formally closes the two-hundredth chapter of the Mokṣadharma section inside the Śānti Parva, stating that the chapter concerning the Jāpaka episode has ended.