Shloka 288
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि सगरारिष्टनेमिसंवादे5ष्टाशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi sagarāriṣṭanemisaṃvāde aṣṭāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के शान्तिपर्व के अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्व में सगर और अरिष्टनेमि के संवादविषयक दो सौ अट्ठासीवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it marks the completion of the Sagara–Ariṣṭanemi dialogue within Mokṣa-dharma, framing the preceding discussion as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and liberation-oriented instruction.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a self-contained teaching unit: the text formally closes Chapter 288, identifying its placement (Śānti Parva → Mokṣa-dharma) and its topic (the dialogue between Sagara and Ariṣṭanemi).