Shloka 151
अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि इन्द्रोतपारिक्षितीये एकपडज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrotapārikṣitīye ekapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Āpaddharma tungkol sa dharma sa panahon ng pagdadalamhati at kagipitan—nagtatapos ang ika-isang daan at ikalimampu’t isang kabanata, sa sub-yugtong tumutukoy kay Indrota at kay Haring Parīkṣit. Ito ang pangwakas na kolofon na nagmamarka sa pagsasara ng talakayan tungkol sa dharma sa gitna ng pagsubok.
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse; it frames the ethical setting by locating the discourse within Āpaddharma—guidance on how dharma is to be understood and practiced under crisis, when ordinary rules may require careful, principled adaptation.
The text is closing a chapter: it announces that the 151st chapter has concluded within the Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma section, in the sub-narrative connected with Indrota and King Parikṣit.