Shloka 196
मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः
Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जापकोपाख्याने षण्णवत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jāpakopākhyāne ṣaṇṇavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「シャーンティ・パルヴァ」（Śānti Parva）—とりわけ「モークシャ・ダルマ」（Mokṣa-dharma）の部—において、「ジャーパカ」（Jāpaka）と呼ばれる章、すなわち第百九十六章は終わった。（これは章の終わりを示す結語であり、物語の偈ではない。）
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon, not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the textual location—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and to mark the completion of the chapter associated with the Jāpaka episode.
No narrative action occurs here. The text is closing a chapter and formally naming its placement and title within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva (Mokṣa-dharma portion).