Shloka 307
Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda
Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि वसिष्ठकरालजनकसंवादे सप्ताधिकत्रिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi vasiṣṭha-karāla-janaka-saṃvāde saptādhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Mokṣadharma—nagtatapos ang ikadalawang daan at ikapito na kabanata, sa pag-uusap ni Vasiṣṭha kina Karāla at Janaka. Ito ang pangwakas na kolofon na nagmamarka ng pagsasara ng aral na nakatuon sa dharmang patungo sa paglaya, na inihatid sa pamamagitan ng mga pantas at pagtatanong ng hari.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s teaching belongs to Mokṣa-dharma—dharma oriented toward liberation—and frames it as wisdom transmitted through a dialogue between a sage (Vasiṣṭha) and royal/other interlocutors (Janaka, Karāla).
The text is closing a chapter: it locates the episode within the Śānti Parva, inside the Mokṣa-dharma section, and identifies the specific conversational setting (Vasiṣṭha–Karāla–Janaka dialogue), marking the end of the 307th chapter.