Shloka 123
Umā’s Inquiry and the Manifestation of the Third Eye (उमा–प्रश्नः तृतीयनेत्रोत्पत्तिः)
इति श्रीमहा भारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि शाण्डिलीसुमनासंवादे त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi śāṇḍilī-sumanā-saṃvāde trayoviṃśaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le vénérable Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—dans la section du dharma du don (Dāna-dharma)—s’achève le cent vingt-troisième chapitre, sous la forme du dialogue entre Śāṇḍilī et Sumanas.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter situated in the Dāna-dharma section; it frames the teaching context as instruction on righteous giving (dāna) conveyed through the Śāṇḍilī–Sumanas dialogue.
Bhīṣma’s discourse (as the overarching speaker in this parva) reaches a chapter boundary: the text formally announces that the 123rd chapter of the Anuśāsana Parva—cast as the conversation between Śāṇḍilī and Sumanas—has concluded.