Shloka 193
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि भीष्मयुधिष्ठटिर संवादे आचारविधौ त्रिनवत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi bhīṣma-yudhiṣṭhira-saṃvāde ācāravidhau tri-navaty-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், மோக்ஷதர்மப் பகுதியில், பீஷ்மர்–யுதிஷ்டிரர் உரையாடலில் ‘ஆசார விதி’ எனும் தலைப்பிலான நூற்று தொண்ணூற்று மூன்றாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a chapter devoted to ācāra (right conduct). Its ethical emphasis is that dharma is to be learned and transmitted through structured instruction—here, Bhīṣma’s authoritative teaching to Yudhiṣṭhira within the Mokṣa-dharma framework.
The text is concluding a chapter in the Śānti Parvan. Bhīṣma, speaking to Yudhiṣṭhira, has been expounding the discipline of proper conduct; this closing formula identifies the work, the parvan/section, the interlocutors, the topic (ācāravidhi), and the chapter number.