Shloka 270
Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma
Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें गोकापिलीयोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śānti-parva-ke antargata gokṣa-dharma-parva-meṁ gokāpiliyopākhyāna-viṣayaka dvi-śata-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Así concluye el capítulo ducentésimo septuagésimo del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección llamada Gokṣa-dharma Parva, relativo al upākhyāna (episodio narrativo) acerca de Go y Kapila. Este colofón final señala la culminación de una unidad didáctica, enmarcando el discurso precedente como parte de la enseñanza ética más amplia del Mahābhārata sobre el dharma.
कपिल उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the completion of a chapter and situates the preceding material within the Śānti Parva’s broader ethical instruction (dharma), specifically in a sub-episode connected with Go (cow) and Kapila.
The text is concluding: it announces that the 270th chapter—within the Śānti Parva, under the internal section titled Gokṣa-dharma Parva, and focused on the Gokāpiliyopākhyāna—has ended, with the speaker indicated as Kapila.