Shloka 363
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि उज्छवृत्त्युपाख्याने त्रिषष्ट्यधिकत्रिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttyupākhyāne triṣaṣṭyadhikatriśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Śānti Parva—specifically the Mokṣa-dharma section—ends the narrative episode known as the Upākhyāna of Ujjha-vṛtti; this marks the conclusion of the three-hundred-and-sixty-third chapter (the 363rd adhyāya).
सूर्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (closing formula), not a teaching verse. Its function is to locate the preceding instruction within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section, and to mark the end of the relevant chapter/episode.
The text is formally concluding an adhyāya and identifying the sub-episode (upākhyāna) to which it belongs. It signals a transition point: the end of the Ujjha-vṛtti illustrative tale within Mokṣa-dharma.