Shloka 297
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि पराशरगीतायां सप्तनवत्यधिकद्विशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi parāśaragītāyāṃ saptanavatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત મોક્ષધર્મપર્વમાં ‘પરાશરગીતા’ નામનો બે સો સત્તાનબેવો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals the completion of Adhyāya 297 within the Mokṣadharma section, framing the preceding discourse as part of the Parāśara-gītā and situating it within the Mahābhārata’s teachings on dharma and liberation.
The text is formally closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the subsection (Mokṣadharma), and the internal unit (Parāśara-gītā), and then states the chapter number (297), marking the end of that adhyāya.