Shloka 168
मृत्यु-काल-प्रबोधनम् (Instruction on Mortality, Time, and Truth) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 169
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि कृतघ्नोपाख्याने अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें कृतघध्नका उपाख्यानविषयक एक सौ अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi kṛtaghnopākhyāne aṣṭaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വത്തിനുള്ളിലെ ആപദ്ധർമ്മപർവ്വത്തിൽ ‘കൃതഘ്നോപാഖ്യാനം’ വിഷയമായ നൂറ്റി അറുപത്തെട്ടാം അധ്യായം സമാപിച്ചു.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This closing colophon frames the preceding instruction as an ethical exemplum: ingratitude (kṛtaghnatā) is a serious moral failing, and Āpaddharma discussions test how one preserves dharma even under pressure—especially by honoring benefactors and not betraying received good.
The verse is a formal end-of-chapter marker stating that the 168th chapter—centered on the ‘Kṛtaghna’ (Ungrateful) episode—has concluded within the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, in the larger Bhīṣma-to-Yudhiṣṭhira instruction cycle.