Shloka 156
The Thirteen Inner Adversaries (Trayodaśa Doṣāḥ): Origins and Pacification
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि पवनशाल्मलिसंवादे षट्पज्चाशदधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi pavanāśālmalisaṃvāde ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Āpaddharma Parva (dharma sa panahon ng kagipitan)—sa pag-uusap nina Pavana (ang Hangin) at ng punong Śālmalī, nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at limampu’t anim na kabanata. Ito ang pangwakas na kolopon na nagtatakda ng pagtatapos ng kabanata at naglalagay sa talakayang etikal tungkol sa wastong asal sa gitna ng kapahamakan sa mas malawak na aral.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it frames the teaching as part of Āpaddharma—ethical reasoning for situations of crisis—delivered through the Pavana–Śālmalī dialogue, emphasizing that the chapter’s instruction belongs to the Mahābhārata’s broader program of dharma-guidance.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a chapter boundary: the text formally closes the chapter by naming the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the sub-parva (Āpaddharma), and the embedded dialogue (Pavana and the Śālmalī tree), and by stating the chapter number.