Shloka 147
Tapas, Tīrtha, and Moral Rehabilitation (Śānti-parva 148)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि लुब्धकोपरतौ सप्तचत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi lubdhakoparatau saptacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-seventh chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, dealing with the theme of the hunter’s cessation (desisting from harmful conduct).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon signals the chapter’s ethical focus: even in distress (āpaddharma), one should move toward restraint and the cessation of harmful conduct—here framed as the hunter’s ‘uparati,’ i.e., desisting from violence and wrongdoing.
This is the closing formula of the text, marking the completion of the chapter within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, and identifying its topic as the hunter’s cessation (lubdhakoparati).