Shloka 201
Varāha-avatāra: Viṣṇu’s subterranean intervention and the cosmic nāda (Śānti-parva 202)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत मोक्षधर्मपर्वमें मनु और बृहस्पतिका संवादविषयक दो सौ एकवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate mokṣadharmaparvaṇi manu-bṛhaspati-saṃvāda-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-ekaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि मनुबृहस्पतिसंवादविषयको द्विशतैकः अध्यायः समाप्तः।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s teaching—presented as a dialogue between Manu and Bṛhaspati within Mokṣadharma—has concluded, situating the discourse within the broader ethical and liberative aims of Śānti Parva.
Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues through embedded teachings; here the text formally closes the chapter that treated the Manu–Bṛhaspati dialogue, indicating the end of that particular instructional unit.