Shloka 226
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें इन्द्र और नम॒ुचिका संवादनामक दो सौ छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi indra-namuci-saṁvāda-nāmakaḥ dvi-śata-ṣaḍ-viṁśatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
かくして、尊き『マハーバーラタ』シャーンティ・パルヴァ所収のモークシャダルマ篇における「インドラとナムチの対話」と名づけられた第226章は終わる。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it signals that the preceding material is to be read as a Mokṣadharma-oriented instruction, presented through the Indra–Namuci dialogue within Śānti Parva’s broader ethical and liberative framework.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches the end of a chapter identified as the ‘Indra and Namuci’ dialogue; the text formally closes that chapter and locates it within Śānti Parva → Mokṣadharma Parva.