Shloka 186
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें जीवके स्वरूपपर आक्षेपविषयक एक सौ छियासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jīvasya svarūpe ākṣepaviṣayaka ekaśataṣaṭyāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಶಾಂತಿಪರ್ವದೊಳಗಿನ ಮೋಕ್ಷಧರ್ಮಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಸ್ವರೂಪದ ಕುರಿತು ಆಕ್ಷೇಪವಿಷಯಕ ನೂರ ಎಂಭತ್ತಾರನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
This is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is the examination of the jīva’s true nature through objections (ākṣepa). The implied pedagogical method is dialectical: doubts are raised and addressed to clarify what the self is (and is not) in the pursuit of mokṣa.
The text is not advancing the dialogue here but formally concluding the chapter within the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva, indicating that the discussion on objections regarding the nature of the living self has reached its end.