Shloka 158
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि आपन्मूलभूतदोषकथने अष्टपञज्चाशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi āpanmūlabhūtadoṣakathane aṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Śānti Parva, en la sección sobre la conducta en tiempos de aflicción (Āpaddharma), concluye el capítulo ciento cincuenta y ocho, que trata de los defectos que yacen en la raíz de la calamidad. (Colofón/aviso de fin de capítulo.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter whose theme is the identification of fundamental moral faults (doṣas) that become the root causes of distress (āpada), within the broader teaching on right conduct in emergencies (āpaddharma).
The narrative pauses for a formal end-of-chapter notice: it situates the discourse within the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva and specifically the Āpaddharma section, and declares that the chapter on explaining the root-causing faults of calamity has concluded.