Shloka 173
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें कृतध्नका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ तिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtadhnasya upākhyāna-viṣayaka ekaśatatri-saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
قال فايشَمبايانا: «وهكذا، في المهابهاراتا الموقَّرة، ضمن شانتِي پَرفا—وخاصةً في قسم آپَدْدْهَرما (السلوك في أزمنة الشدّة)—يُختَتم الفصل الثالث والسبعون بعد المئة، المتعلّق بالحكاية التمثيلية بشأن كِرتَدْهْنا.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon marking the close of a didactic chapter in Āpaddharma: it frames the preceding narrative as an ethical exemplar meant to guide right conduct under distress, emphasizing that stories (upākhyānas) are used to clarify dharma in difficult circumstances.
The speaker, Vaiśampāyana, formally concludes the chapter: it states that within the Śānti Parva, in the Āpaddharma section, the chapter concerning the tale about Kṛtadhna has ended.