Shloka 186
Adhyātma-nirdeśa
Definition of Adhyātma): Mahābhūtas, Indriyas, Guṇas, and the Witness (Kṣetrajña
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि जीवस्वरूपाक्षेपे षडशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jīvasvarūpākṣepe ṣaḍaśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിലെ മോക്ഷധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ‘ജീവസ്വരൂപാക്ഷേപം’ എന്ന നൂറ്റി എൺപത്തേഴാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
This colophon signals that the chapter’s focus is a philosophical inquiry into the jīva’s true nature—framing liberation-oriented ethics around correct understanding of the self, typically through objections and clarifications in a debate style.
The line is a concluding colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter’s theme as an examination of the individual self (jīva).