Shloka 246
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne ṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim termina, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parva—em especial na seção Mokṣa-dharma—a parte referente à continuação das perguntas de Śuka: o capítulo centésimo quadragésimo sexto. (Colofão de encerramento do capítulo).
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its function is to mark the end of the chapter and locate it within the Mokṣa-dharma discourse of the Śānti Parva, a section broadly concerned with dharma after war and the pursuit of liberation.
The text is concluding a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion, identified as part of Śuka’s follow-up questioning (anu-praśna). It signals a transition point: the end of one unit of instruction before the next begins.