Shloka 164
Virūpākṣa’s Dāna and Gautama’s Burden — the approach of Rājadharma
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि नृशंसाख्याने चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi nṛśaṃsākhyāne catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या शान्तिपर्वातील आपद्धर्मपर्वात ‘नृशंस’ नावाच्या आख्यानाचा एकशे चौसष्टावा अध्याय समाप्त होतो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter within the Āpaddharma section of Śānti Parva, framing the preceding material as guidance on dharma under crisis and identifying the episode-title (“Nṛśaṃsa”) for contextual reading.
The text is not advancing the story but formally concluding the chapter: it locates the passage within Śānti Parva, within the Āpaddharma subsection, and names the chapter/episode as “Nṛśaṃsa,” indicating the end of the 164th adhyāya.