Shloka 165
Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि प्रायद्षित्तीये पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi prāyaścittīye pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』の「シャーンティ・パルヴァ」—とりわけ「アーパッドダルマ（窮迫の法）」の部—において、罪の贖い（プラーヤシュチッタ）の作法を説く第百六十五章は終わる。この結語の奥書は、困難な境遇にあっても定められた贖罪によって倫理の秩序（ダルマ）を回復し得ることを示した、ビーシュマの教誨がここに完結したことを告げる。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The colophon highlights the chapter’s focus: prāyaścitta (expiation) as a dharmic means to address wrongdoing and re-establish moral order, particularly within the broader framework of āpaddharma—ethical decision-making under distress.
This is the formal closing statement of the chapter in the Śānti Parva. It marks the completion of a unit of Bhīṣma’s instruction (to Yudhiṣṭhira in context) on expiatory rites and procedures, rather than advancing plot events.