Shloka 356
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trīśata-ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Assim termina o capítulo trezentos e cinquenta e seis do Śānti Parva do Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro da seção conhecida como Gokṣa-dharma Parva, que trata do relato exemplar (upākhyāna) de Ujjhavṛttikā. Este colofão final assinala a conclusão do ensinamento de dharma por meio do exemplo narrativo desse capítulo.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s dharma-instruction has been delivered through the Ujjhavṛttikā upākhyāna, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s method of teaching ethics via illustrative stories.
The text is formally closing the chapter: it states that within the Śānti Parva, in the Gokṣadharma section, the chapter concerning the Ujjhavṛttikā tale has been completed, with Bhīṣma as the speaker in the surrounding discourse.