Shloka 207
अध्याय २०८ — इन्द्रियनिग्रहः, सत्याहिंसात्मकवाक्, कर्मफलविवेकः
Restraint of the Senses, Non-harming Truthful Speech, and Discernment of Karmic Consequence
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें श्रीकृष्णसे सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी उत्पत्तिविषयक दो सौ सातवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇāt sampūrṇa-bhūtānāṃ utpatti-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-saptamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the two-hundred-and-seventh chapter of the Mokṣadharma section within the Śānti Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, concerning the origin of all beings as taught by Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-ending colophon, the line indicates that the completed chapter’s subject is the origin (utpatti) of all beings, presented as a liberative (mokṣadharma) teaching attributed here to Śrī Kṛṣṇa—implying that understanding existence and its arising supports detachment, right discernment, and the pursuit of liberation.
The text is not advancing the story but formally closing a doctrinal chapter within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section. It announces that the two-hundred-and-seventh chapter, concerning the genesis of all beings as taught by Kṛṣṇa, has concluded.