Shloka 206
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादरूप दो सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṃvādarūpaḥ dvi-śata-ṣaṣṭhaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Assim, no venerável Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parva—em particular, na seção Mokṣadharma—chega ao fim o capítulo duzentos e seis, apresentado como um diálogo entre Manu e Bṛhaspati.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it marks the completion of a chapter framed as a Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue within Mokṣadharma, indicating that the preceding discussion belongs to the liberation-oriented ethical and spiritual instruction characteristic of this section.
Bhīṣma’s discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira continues through the Mokṣadharma material; here the text signals that the chapter presented as a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati has ended—an editorial/narrative closure before the next chapter begins.