Shloka 264
कुण्डधारोपाख्यानम्
Kuṇḍadhāra-Upākhyāna: Dharma’s Superiority over Wealth and Desire
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे चतुःषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें तुलाधार-जाजलि- संवादविषयक दो सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Assim termina, no «Mahabharata», no «Shanti Parva», dentro da seção «Moksha-dharma», o diálogo entre Tuladhara e Jajali—concluindo o capítulo 264. A fórmula de encerramento assinala o fim de um episódio de ensinamento centrado na conduta ética e no dharma voltado à libertação.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it frames the completed Tulādhāra–Jājali discourse as part of Mokṣa-dharma within Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the preceding teaching belongs to the ethical and liberation-oriented instruction Bhīṣma gives.
Bhīṣma signals the end of the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue and notes its placement in the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section, identifying the chapter count as the 264th.