Shloka 179
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि आजगरप्रह्नादसंवादे एकोनाशीत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi ājagaraprahlādasaṃvāde ekonāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma—s’achève le cent soixante-dix-neuvième chapitre, qui expose le dialogue entre Prahlāda et le sage vivant selon l’« ājagara-vṛtti » (la discipline « à la manière du python »), modèle de contentement radical, de non-effort et de liberté intérieure. Le colophon final marque la clôture de cet enseignement, en soulignant une conduite tournée vers la délivrance plutôt que vers l’acquisition mondaine.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon closes a unit of instruction centered on mokṣa-oriented ethics: the ‘ājagara-vṛtti’ ideal of non-grasping, patient acceptance, and freedom from compulsive striving, presented through a dialogue that frames inner liberation as superior to restless acquisition.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma section. The text marks completion of the dialogue between Prahlāda and a sage who lives by the ‘python-like’ discipline, signaling that this particular teaching conversation has concluded.