Shloka 151
अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्
Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें इन्द्रोत और पारिक्षितका संवाद विषयक एक सौ इक्यावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrota-parīkṣit-saṁvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-eka-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-fifty-first chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata, dealing with the dialogue between Indrota and Parīkṣit.
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line itself does not teach a new doctrine; it marks that the preceding discourse belongs to Āpaddharma—ethical reasoning for situations of crisis—framing the completed dialogue as guidance on right conduct under constraint.
The text is concluding a chapter: it announces that the episode centered on the conversation between Indrota and King Parīkṣit has ended within the Āpaddharma portion of the Śānti Parva, serving as an editorial/narrative boundary marker.