Shloka 222
Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्
Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शक्रप्रह्दादसंवादो नाम द्वाविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śakra-prahlādasaṃvādo nāma dvāviṃśatyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan et de sa section Mokṣadharma, s’achève le chapitre intitulé « Le dialogue de Śakra et de Prahlāda », étant le deux-cent-vingt-deuxième chapitre (avec un ajout de vingt). Ce colophon final marque l’achèvement d’un échange à visée d’enseignement, présenté comme une enquête spirituelle et éthique dans la tradition du Mokṣadharma.
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of a Mokṣadharma-style dialogue, framing the preceding discussion as guidance on dharma and liberation (mokṣa) delivered through the exchange between Śakra (Indra) and Prahlāda.
The text is closing the chapter: it formally identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣadharma), and the chapter’s title (“Śakra–Prahlāda Dialogue”), along with its chapter number, indicating the end of that discourse.