Shloka 164
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें नशंयका वर्णनविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate āpaddharmaparvaṇi naśaṃyā-varṇana-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-fourth chapter of the Āpaddharma section within the Śānti Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, whose subject is the description of “Naśaṃyā.”
भीष्म उवाच
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This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; it signals that the preceding discourse belonged to Āpaddharma (conduct in adversity) and that the chapter’s topic was the description of “Naśaṃyā.”
The text formally closes the chapter within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, indicating that the discussion attributed to Bhīṣma has reached its end for this adhyāya.