Shloka 271
Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma
Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि कुण्डधारोपाख्याने एकसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi kuṇḍadhāropākhyāne ekasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਮੋਖ੍ਸ਼ਧਰਮਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁੰਡਧਾਰ ਉਪਾਖਿਆਨ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਦੋ ਸੌ ਇਕਹੱਤਰਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it formally closes a chapter and situates it within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section and the Kuṇḍadhāra episode, emphasizing the text’s organization around dharma and liberation-oriented instruction.
The narrative unit (Kuṇḍadhāra-upākhyāna) and the chapter conclude here; the formula ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ signals the end of the chapter in the Mahābhārata’s transmission tradition.