Shloka 280
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वृत्रगीतासु अशीत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vṛtragītāsu aśītyadhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parvan—lalo na sa bahaging Mokṣa-dharma—nagtatapos ang ika-280 kabanata, na kabilang sa mga talatang tinatawag na Vṛtra-gītā. Ito ay isang kolofon na nagmamarka ng wakas ng kabanata at naglalagay sa aral na ito sa mas malawak na pagtalakay sa dharma at paglaya na inihayag ni Bhīṣma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a teaching-verse but a colophon: it identifies the textual location (Śānti Parvan → Mokṣa-dharma) and labels the chapter as part of the Vṛtra-gītā material, framing the surrounding content as instruction oriented toward liberation and ethical clarity.
The chapter concludes. The colophon signals that Bhīṣma’s discourse (within Mokṣa-dharma) has reached the end of this adhyāya, and it classifies the section under the heading “Vṛtra-gītā,” a named sub-unit within the Mokṣa-dharma discussions.