Shloka 264
कुण्डधारोपाख्यानम्
Kuṇḍadhāra-Upākhyāna: Dharma’s Superiority over Wealth and Desire
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे चतुःषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત મોક્ષધર્મપર્વમાં તુલાધાર–જાજલિ સંવાદવિષયક બે સો ચોસઠમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the completed Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse as part of Mokṣa-dharma within Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the preceding teaching belongs to the ethical and liberation-oriented instruction Bhīṣma gives.
Bhīṣma signals the end of the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue and notes its placement in the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter count as the 264th.