Shloka 271
Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma
Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि कुण्डधारोपाख्याने एकसप्तत्यधिकद्वधिशततमो<5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi kuṇḍadhāropākhyāne ekasaptatyadhikadvīśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）“解脱法门”（Mokṣadharma）部分中，名为“军荼陀罗支故事”（Kuṇḍadhāra-upākhyāna）的一段，其第二百七十一章告终。（此为章末题记，用以标示本章及其叙事单元之终结。）
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a teaching verse but a colophon: it formally closes a chapter and situates it within the Śānti Parva’s Mokṣadharma section and the Kuṇḍadhāra episode, emphasizing the text’s organization around dharma and liberation-oriented instruction.
The narrative unit (Kuṇḍadhāra-upākhyāna) and the chapter conclude here; the formula ‘iti … adhyāyaḥ’ signals the end of the chapter in the Mahābhārata’s transmission tradition.