Shloka 176
Adhyāya 177: Pañca-mahābhūta-vicāra and Vṛkṣa-jīva-lakṣaṇa
Five Elements Inquiry and the Status of Plant Life
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शम्पाकगीतायां षट्सप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śampākagītāyāṃ ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
かくして、尊き『マハーバーラタ』の「シャーンティ・パルヴァ」—とりわけ「モークシャ・ダルマ」の章において—「シャンパーカ・ギーター」はここに終わり、これが第百七十七章である。これは、ビーシュマの教誨における解脱へ向かうダルマの教えが結了したことを示す結語（コロフォン）である。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of the Śampāka-gītā within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as instruction oriented toward liberation (mokṣa) and higher dharma.
The text is closing a chapter and a named discourse. In the broader Śānti Parva setting, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira; here the redactor’s closing formula marks the end of chapter 177 (as counted in this tradition) within Mokṣa-dharma.