Shloka 156
Vyāsa’s Counsel to the Concealed Pāṇḍavas; Śaṃkara’s Boon and the Predestination of Draupadī
Chapter 157
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि ब्राह्मणचिन्तायां षट्पञज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi brāhmaṇacintāyāṁ ṣaṭpañcāśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Ādi Parva, dans la section relative à la mise à mort de Baka, dans l’épisode de la délibération anxieuse du brāhmane, s’achève le cent cinquante-sixième chapitre.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line itself teaches no new doctrine; it signals that the chapter belongs to the Baka-vadha narrative and frames the ethical mood as the brāhmaṇa’s anxious deliberation—highlighting dharmic concern for family and community under threat.
This is the closing marker of the chapter: it locates the episode within Ādi Parva, in the section about Baka’s slaying, specifically during the brāhmaṇa’s troubled reflection—setting or concluding the context in which the household confronts the rākṣasa’s demand and the moral crisis it creates.