Shloka 283
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि ज्वरोत्पत्तिर्नाम त्रयशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi jvarotpattir nāma trayāśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Assim, no Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro do Śānti Parva—na seção Mokṣa-dharma—encerra-se o capítulo intitulado “A Origem da Febre”, o 283º capítulo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals the completion of a chapter in the Mokṣa-dharma portion of Śānti Parvan, titled “Jvarotpatti” (the origin of fever). Its function is to frame and authenticate the transmission of the discourse within the epic’s didactic structure.
The text is closing a chapter: it identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the chapter title (“Jvarotpatti”), along with the chapter number (283). The speaker tag ‘Bhīṣma said’ belongs to the surrounding dialogue context, though this particular line itself is a formal end-marker.