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
かくして『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「シャーンティ・パルヴァン」—とりわけ「アーパッドダルマ・パルヴァン」（Āpaddharma Parvan、非常時の法）において—苦行（tapas）を讃える第百六十一章は終結する。物語の枠組みはなおビーシュマの教誨であり、常の規範が逼迫する時にこそ自制の修練が倫理を支える力となることを示す一連の教えの完結を告げる。
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.