Shloka 352
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trayas-śata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-second chapter of the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section known as the Gokṣa-dharma Parva, dealing with the illustrative tale (upākhyāna) of Ujjhavṛttikā. The colophon signals the completion of this unit of instruction, framing the narrative as a dharma-oriented exemplum within Bhīṣma’s teaching to Yudhiṣṭhira.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a dharma-teaching delivered through an upākhyāna (illustrative tale). Its function is to mark closure and to situate the lesson within Śānti Parva’s broader ethical and governance-oriented instruction.
The text announces the completion of the chapter dealing with the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker indicating that Bhīṣma’s current unit of discourse has concluded.