Shloka 242
Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि शुकानुप्रश्ने द्विचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi śukānupraśne dvicatvāriṁśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில் உள்ள மோக்ஷதர்மப் பகுதியில், சுகனின் தொடர்க் கேள்வியைப் பற்றிய இருநூற்று நாற்பத்திரண்டாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (chapter-ending marker), not a doctrinal verse. It situates the preceding teaching within the Mokṣa-dharma portion of the Śānti Parvan and notes that the chapter’s topic is Śuka’s supplementary inquiry—framing the discourse as part of a liberation-oriented ethical and philosophical instruction.
The text formally closes Adhyāya 242. It identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parvan), the subsection (Mokṣa-dharma), and the thematic occasion (Śuka’s follow-up question), indicating that the chapter has concluded.