Shloka 340
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये चत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्चमें नाययणकी महिमाविषयक तीन सौ चालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye catvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein du Śānti Parvan—plus précisément dans la section Mokṣa-dharma, dans le Nārāyaṇīya—s’achève ce trois-cent-quarantième chapitre. Ce colophon marque l’achèvement du discours qui célèbre la grandeur de Nārāyaṇa dans le cadre de l’enseignement sur la délivrance et le dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not add new doctrine; it frames the teaching context: liberation-oriented dharma (mokṣa-dharma) is presented alongside devotion and theological praise of Nārāyaṇa, implying that knowledge of dharma and the path to release are integrated with reverence for the supreme divine principle.
The speaker-marker and closing formula indicate the end of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, specifically the Nārāyaṇīya portion. It functions as an editorial/narrative closure rather than an event within the story.