Shloka 261
कपिलगोसंवादे गृहस्थ-त्यागधर्मयोः प्रमाण्यविचारः
Kapila–Cow Dialogue: Authority of Householder and Renunciant Dharmas
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे एकषष्ट्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi tulādhāra-jājali-saṃvāde ekaṣaṣṭyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि तुलाधारजाजलिसंवादे एकषष्ट्यधिकद्विशततमोऽध्यायः ॥
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a teaching verse. It situates the reader: the material belongs to the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section and is framed as the dialogue between Tulādhāra and Jājali, a setting typically used to convey ethical and liberative dharma.
The chapter concludes. The text formally announces that the current adhyāya within the Tulādhāra–Jājali dialogue has ended, helping preserve structure and attribution in the transmission of the Mahābhārata.