Shloka 259
चिरकारि-उपाख्यानम् / The Exemplum of Cirakārī: Deliberation Before Irreversible Action
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि धर्मलक्षणे एकोनषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi dharmalakṣaṇe ekonaṣaṣṭyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Так, в «Шри Махабхарате», в «Шанти-парве» — а именно в разделе «Мокша-дхарма» — завершается глава о признаках дхармы, глава двести пятьдесят девятая. (Это колофон, отмечающий окончание изложения.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it signals that the preceding discourse has concluded and identifies its placement—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—and its topic, ‘the characteristics of dharma.’
The text is closing a chapter of Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira. The colophon formally marks the end of the adhyāya and situates it within the larger structure of the Mahābhārata.