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
ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိမဟာဘာရတ၌၊ ရှာန္တိပရဝ၌—အထူးသဖြင့် အာပဒ္ဓမ္မ (အကျပ်အတည်းကာလ၌ လိုက်နာရသော သီလဓမ္မ) အပိုင်း၌—“နೃśaṃsa” ဟုခေါ်သော ပုံပြင်အခန်း၊ အခန်း ၁၆၄ သည် ဤနေရာတွင် ပြီးဆုံး၏။
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.