Shloka 146
Janamejaya’s Appeal for Pacification and Śaunaka’s Counsel on Humility (जनमेजय-शौनक संवादः)
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कपोतलुब्धकसंवादे षट्चत्वारिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kapotalubdhakasaṃvāde ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ | iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārataśāntiparvake antargata āpaddharmaparvameṃ kapotara-vyādhakā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-ṣaṭcatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ |
Bhishma dit : «Ainsi, dans le Mahabharata sacré, au sein du Shanti Parva—plus précisément dans la section du dharma en temps de détresse (Āpaddharma)—s’achève le dialogue entre la colombe et le chasseur, accomplissant le cent quarante-sixième chapitre.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon marking the end of the Kapota–Lubdhaka (pigeon–hunter) discourse within Āpaddharma. Its ethical frame highlights that the preceding narrative is meant as instruction on right conduct under crisis—how dharma is to be understood and applied when ordinary norms are strained by danger, hunger, or fear.
The speaker (Bhishma) signals that the chapter has concluded: within Shanti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, the dialogue between the pigeon and the hunter has ended, and the numbered chapter is complete. It functions as a formal closing statement rather than a new plot event.