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
ดังนี้ ในศรีมหาภารตะ ณ ศานติปรวะ ภาคอาปัทธรรมะ ว่าด้วยอาคยานชื่อ “นฤศังสะ” บทที่หนึ่งร้อยหกสิบสี่ก็สิ้นสุดลง
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.