Shloka 163
Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि लोभनिरूपणे त्रिषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi lobhanirūpaṇe triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവത്തിലെ ആപദ്ധർമ്മപർവത്തിൽ ലോഭനിരൂപണവിഷയമായ നൂറ്റി അറുപത്തിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s framing theme is lobha (greed): it is treated as a powerful inner fault that can override discernment and lead one away from dharma. In the Āpaddharma context, the implied lesson is that even under pressure or scarcity, one must recognize greed’s disguises and restrain it so that necessary action does not become unethical excess.
This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section. It identifies the work (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Śānti Parva), the subsection (Āpaddharma), and the chapter’s topic (analysis of greed), indicating the completion of Bhīṣma’s instructional discourse.