Shloka 201
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें भूमिके भीतर भगवान् वाराहकी क्रीड़ानामक दो सौ नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhūmikāyāṁ bhagavataḥ Varāhasya krīḍānāmakaḥ dviśata-navamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parva—plus précisément dans la section Gokṣa-dharma—cette partie introductive achève le deux-cent-neuvième chapitre, intitulé «La Līlā (Jeu sacré) du Seigneur sous la forme de Varāha (le Sanglier)». (Cette formule tient lieu de colophon officiel, marquant la fin du chapitre.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Although this line is primarily a colophon, it points to a key idea: the Lord’s incarnate actions (here, Varāha’s ‘play’) are not random but serve the maintenance of dharma and cosmic stability, inviting a devotional-ethical reading of divine intervention.
The text is marking closure: it announces that the 209th chapter—titled “Varāha’s Play”—within the Śānti Parva’s Gokṣa-dharma section has been completed, functioning as an editorial/end-of-chapter notice rather than a spoken narrative verse.