Shloka 344
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये चतुश्नत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमो 5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīye catuḥṣaṭcatvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीये त्रिचत्वारिंशदधिकत्रिशततमोऽध्यायः—नारायणमहिमानुवर्णनं समाप्तम्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the surrounding teaching as part of Mokṣa-dharma and the Nārāyaṇīya, emphasizing that liberation-oriented ethics and devotion/theology of Nārāyaṇa are the context of the completed chapter.
Vaiśampāyana’s narration reaches a formal chapter close. The text identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic unit (Nārāyaṇīya), and states that the 344th chapter has concluded.