Shloka 162
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि बकवधपर्वणि बकभीमसेनयुद्धे द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi bakavadhaparvaṇi bakabhīmasenayuddhe dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva, in the section concerning the slaying of Baka, in the episode of the battle between Baka and Bhīmasena, ends the one-hundred-and-sixty-second chapter. This is a concluding colophon marking the close of the chapter that narrates the confrontation in which Bhīma upholds protection of the vulnerable by confronting predatory violence.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when force is used, dharma is served when it is directed toward protecting the helpless and restraining predatory harm; the colophon frames the episode as a morally significant act of safeguarding society.
This line is a chapter-ending colophon stating that the chapter concludes within the Ādi Parva, in the Bakavadha episode, specifically the combat between Baka and Bhīmasena.