Shloka 306
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वायिष्ठ और करालजनकका संवादविषयक तीन सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-ke antargata mokṣadharmaparva-meṃ vāyiṣṭha-karālajanaka-saṃvāda-viṣayaka trī-śata ṣaṣṭha adhyāya pūrṇa huā
ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਹਾਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਪਰਵ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਮੋਖ੍ਸ਼ਧਰਮਪਰਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਇਿਸ਼ਠ ਅਤੇ ਕਰਾਲਜਨਕ ਦੇ ਸੰਵਾਦ-ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਵਾਲਾ ਤਿੰਨ ਸੌ ਛੇਵਾਂ ਅਧਿਆਇ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a concluding colophon, the line primarily frames the teaching context: the Mokṣadharma portion of Śānti Parva presents liberation-oriented instruction through dialogue. The emphasis is that the preceding discussion belongs to the ethical-philosophical tradition of mokṣa—right knowledge, detachment, and inner peace—rather than ritual or warfare.
The text is not advancing the plot but closing a unit: it announces that the 306th chapter, centered on the dialogue involving Vāyiṣṭha and Karāla Janaka within Mokṣadharma of Śānti Parva, has ended. Such a closure helps readers locate the discourse within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata.