Shloka 356
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Así concluye el capítulo trescientos cincuenta y seis del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección conocida como Gokṣa-dharma Parva, que trata el relato ejemplar (upākhyāna) de Ujjhavṛttikā. Este colofón final señala la consumación de la enseñanza del dharma mediante el ejemplo narrativo de dicho capítulo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s dharma-instruction has been delivered through the Ujjhavṛttikā upākhyāna, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching ethics via illustrative stories.
The text is formally closing the chapter: it states that within the Śānti Parva, in the Gokṣadharma section, the chapter concerning the Ujjhavṛttikā tale has been completed, with Bhīṣma as the speaker in the surrounding discourse.