Shloka 196
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva—en particular en la sección Mokṣa-dharma—concluye el capítulo conocido como el episodio de “Jāpaka”, siendo el capítulo centésimo nonagésimo sexto. (Se trata de un colofón que marca el cierre del capítulo, no de un verso narrativo.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter associated with the Jāpaka episode.
No narrative action occurs here. The text is closing a chapter and formally naming its placement and title within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma portion).