Shloka 155
Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे पजञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavaṇaśālmalisaṃvāde pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
«Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, dans le Śānti Parva, dans l’Āpaddharma Parva, au dialogue entre Pavaṇa (le Vent) et Śālmalī, s’achève le cent cinquante-sixième chapitre.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching by locating it in the Āpaddharma inquiry of Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the surrounding discussion concerns ethical conduct under adversity.
The text signals the conclusion of a chapter within the Pavaṇa–Śālmali dialogue, formally closing Adhyāya 156 and identifying its placement in Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section.