Shloka 227
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि बलिवासवसंवादे सप्तविंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi balivāsavasaṃvāde saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
یہ شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے موکش دھرم پَرو میں ‘بَلی-واسَو (اندَر) مکالمہ’ کا دو سو ستائیسواں ادھیائے ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: its function is to formally close the chapter and locate it within the Mahābhārata’s structure—Śānti Parva, Mokṣa-dharma section—framing the preceding material as a liberation-oriented ethical instruction delivered through the Bali–Indra dialogue and reported by Bhīṣma.
The text signals the end of the 227th chapter, identifying that the just-concluded episode belongs to the conversation between Bali and Vāsava (Indra) within Mokṣa-dharma. It serves as an editorial boundary marker in the Gītā Press tradition, indicating that Bhīṣma’s discourse has completed this chapter’s unit.