Shloka 357
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayaka trī-śata-saptapañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the three hundred and fifty-seventh 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. This closing colophon signals the completion of that chapter’s teaching, framed as an ethical exemplum within the larger discourse on dharma.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to mark the completion of a chapter and to identify its placement (Śānti Parva → Gokṣa-dharma section) and its subject (the Ujjhavṛttikā exemplum). The ethical import is indirect: it frames the preceding material as dharma-instruction delivered through an illustrative tale.
No new narrative event occurs here. The text formally closes the chapter, stating that the chapter dealing with the Ujjhavṛttikā upākhyāna within the Gokṣa-dharma section of Śānti Parva has concluded.