Shloka 155
Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे पजञ्चपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavaṇaśālmalisaṃvāde pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
«ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိ မဟာဘာရတ၏ ရှာန္တိ ပရဝအတွင်း၊ အာပဒ္ဓရမ ပရဝအတွင်း၊ ပဝဏ (လေ) နှင့် ရှာလ္မလီတို့၏ ဆွေးနွေးပွဲ၌ အခန်း တစ်ရာ့ငါးဆယ့်ခြောက် ပြီးဆုံး၏» ဟူသော အဆုံးသတ်မှတ်တမ်း ဖြစ်၏။
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching by locating it in the Āpaddharma inquiry of Śānti Parva, emphasizing that the surrounding discussion concerns ethical conduct under adversity.
The text signals the conclusion of a chapter within the Pavaṇa–Śālmali dialogue, formally closing Adhyāya 156 and identifying its placement in Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section.