Shloka 257
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वरें गृत्यु और प्रजापतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāreṇa Śrīmahābhārate Śāntiparvaṇi antargate Gokṣadharmaparvaṇi Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisaṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ saptapañcāśad-uttara-dviśatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ.
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນ «ສຣີມະຫາພາຣະຕະ» ພາຍໃນ «ສານຕິປະຣະວະ»—ໂດຍສະເພາະໃນພາກ «ໂກກະສະ-ທັມມະ»—ບົດທີ 257 ອັນກ່ຽວກັບການສົນທະນາລະຫວ່າງ ມຣິຕຍຸ (ຄວາມຕາຍ) ແລະ ປຣາຊາປະຕິ ກໍໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດລົງ. ຂໍ້ປິດທ້າຍ (colophon) ນີ້ເປັນໝາຍວ່າ ຕອນສອນທັມມະອັນຖືກຈັດວາງເປັນການສົນທະນາວ່າດ້ວຍທັມມະ ແລະ ລຳດັບແຫ່ງສາກົນ ໄດ້ຈົບລົງແລ້ວ.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a teaching unit framed as the Mṛtyu–Prajāpati dialogue within Śānti Parva’s Gokṣa-dharma section, emphasizing that the preceding discourse belongs to a dharma-oriented, cosmological instruction context.
Nārada’s narration reaches a formal close for this chapter: the text announces that the 257th adhyāya—whose subject is the conversation between personified Death (Mṛtyu) and Prajāpati—has ended within the Śānti Parva’s internal subdivision called Gokṣadharma Parva.