Shloka 136
अविश्वास-निति: ब्रह्मदत्त–पूजनी-संवादः
Policy of Caution: The Brahmadatta–Pūjanī Dialogue
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि षट्त्रिंशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय: ।। १३६ || इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें एक सौ छत्तीयवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi ṣaṭtriṃśad-adhika-śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || 136 ||
Sa gayon, sa «Śrī Mahābhārata», sa loob ng Śānti Parvan—lalo na sa bahaging Āpaddharma Parvan, ang dharma sa panahon ng kagipitan—nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at tatlumpu’t anim na kabanata.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter and locating it within the epic’s structure (Śānti Parvan → Āpaddharma section). It does not add a new doctrinal teaching, but it frames the preceding instruction as guidance on dharma under distress.
The text signals that the 136th chapter of the Āpaddharma portion within Śānti Parvan has ended. In the broader narrative, Bhīṣma’s extended instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira continues across chapters; this verse functions as an editorial/structural closure.