Shloka 250
Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने पजञ्चाशदधिकद्धिशततमो<्ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne pañcāśadadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma—dans le cadre de la poursuite des questions de Śuka, s’achève le deux-cent-cinquantième chapitre. C’est le colophon final marquant la clôture d’un ensemble d’enseignements sur la délivrance et la juste conduite.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; it signals the completion of a chapter situated in the Mokṣa-dharma teachings, whose broader aim is to orient the listener toward liberation through right understanding, disciplined living, and inquiry.
The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the immediate dialogic frame (Śuka’s further inquiry), and then marks the chapter count as the 250th.