Shloka 178
Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि बोध्यगीतायां अष्टसप्तत्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें बोध्यगीताविषयक एक सौ अठहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bodhyagītāyāṃ aṣṭasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parvan, na seção Mokṣadharma, chega ao fim o capítulo centésimo septuagésimo oitavo referente à Bodhya-gītā. (Trata-se de um colofão que assinala o encerramento do capítulo, e não de um verso doutrinal.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon: it does not present a new teaching, but formally signals that the Bodhya-gītā-related chapter has concluded within the Mokṣadharma portion of the Śānti Parvan.
The discourse attributed to Bhīṣma in the Mokṣadharma context reaches a chapter boundary; the text marks the completion of the 178th chapter (as titled in this colophon).