Shloka 229
Jñāna-plava (The Raft of Knowledge): Svabhāva, Prajñā, and the Ascent to Ātmajñāna
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जैगीषव्यासितसंवादे एकोनत्रिंशदधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jaigīṣavyāsitasaṃvāde ekonatriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva and specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section, the dialogue between Jaigīṣavya and Asita (Devala) concludes here—this being the 229th chapter. The colophon marks the formal close of the chapter and frames the preceding discussion as a teaching on liberation-oriented dharma rather than a continuation of plot events.
जैगीषव्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the preceding material as Mokṣa-dharma instruction delivered through a sage-to-sage dialogue, emphasizing liberation-oriented dharma as the chapter’s ethical and spiritual context.
The text formally closes the 229th chapter of the Mokṣa-dharma section within Śānti Parva, identifying the dialogue participants (Jaigīṣavya and Asita/Devala) and marking the end of that instructional exchange.