Shloka 152
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें इन्द्रोत और पारिक्षितका संवादविषयक एक सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrota-parīkṣit-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितसंवादविषयको द्विपञ्चाशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself does not add a new doctrinal point; it frames the preceding instruction as part of Āpaddharma—ethical decision-making under crisis—delivered through the Indrota–Parīkṣit dialogue within Bhīṣma’s larger Śānti Parva teachings.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-ending marker: it announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between Indrota and Parīkṣit, situated in the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parva, has concluded.