Shloka 144
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि उमामहेश्व॒रसंवादे चतुश्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi dānadharmaparvaṇi umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde catuścatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Anuśāsana Parva—plus précisément dans la section consacrée au dharma du don et de la charité—s’achève ici le dialogue entre Umā et Maheśvara, marquant le cent cinquantième chapitre. Cette ligne tient lieu de colophon solennel, situant l’enseignement dans son cadre textuel et moral : l’instruction sur le don juste, transmise par une conversation divine.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of the Mahābhārata’s instruction on dāna-dharma (the ethics of giving), delivered through the dialogue of Umā and Maheśvara.
The text formally closes a chapter of the Umā–Maheśvara dialogue within the Anuśāsana Parva, identifying the work, parva, thematic subsection (dāna-dharma), and the chapter number (150).