Shloka 352
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें उज्छवृत्तिका उपाख्यानविषयक तीन सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-śāntiparva-antargata-gokṣadharmaparvaṇi ujjhavṛttikā-upākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ trayas-śata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ika-352 kabanata ng Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva, sa bahaging tinatawag na Gokṣa-dharma Parva, na tumatalakay sa kuwentong halimbawa (upākhyāna) ni Ujjhavṛttikā. Ipinahihiwatig ng kolopon na ito ang pagtatapos ng isang yunit ng aral, at inilalagay ang salaysay bilang huwarang dharma sa pagtuturo ni Bhīṣma kay Yudhiṣṭhira.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the preceding material as a dharma-teaching delivered through an upākhyāna (illustrative tale). Its function is to mark closure and to situate the lesson within Śānti Parva’s broader ethical and governance-oriented instruction.
The text announces the completion of the chapter dealing with the Ujjhavṛttikā episode within the Gokṣadharma section of Śānti Parva. It is an editorial/narrative boundary marker indicating that Bhīṣma’s current unit of discourse has concluded.