Shloka 139
Śaraṇāgatapālana—Prastāvanā
Protection of the Refuge-Seeker: Opening of the Kapota Narrative
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें ब्रह्मदत्त और पूजनीका संवादविषयक एकसौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata āpaddharmaparvaṇi brahmadatta-pūjanikā-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-unatāliśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
かくして、聖なる『マハーバーラタ』の「シャーンティ・パルヴァ」に含まれる「アーパッドダルマ」部において、ブラフマダッタとプージャニカーの対話を主題とする第百三十九章は終わる。物語はここに一段を閉じ、窮乏と道義の揺らぎの時における行いを説く教誨の一章が完結したことを示す。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose subject is the Brahmadatta–Pūjanikā dialogue within Āpaddharma, framing the teaching as guidance on righteous conduct under crisis conditions.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal close for this chapter; the text announces that the chapter on the Brahmadatta and Pūjanikā conversation in the Āpaddharma portion of Śānti Parva has ended.