Shloka 1619
Gautama’s Flight, the Enchanted Grove, and the Arrival of Rājadharma
Nāḍījaṅgha
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शान्तिपवकि अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें तपस्याकी प्रशंयाविषयक एक सौ इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antar-gate āpaddharmaparvaṇi tapasyā-praśaṃsā-viṣayakaḥ eka-śata-eka-ṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત આપદ્ધર્મપર્વમાં તપસ્યા-પ્રશંસા વિષયક એકસો એકસઠમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s framing emphasizes the commendation of tapas—disciplined austerity and self-restraint—as a sustaining ethical power, especially relevant to āpaddharma where one must preserve inner integrity and right intention when normal social rules are under pressure.
This verse functions as a colophon: it announces the completion of the 161st chapter within the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parva, presented in the larger setting of Bhīṣma’s instruction.