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
Kaya nga, sa banal na Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva—lalo na sa bahaging Āpaddharma, ang asal sa panahon ng kagipitan—dito nagtatapos ang ika-164 na kabanata, na kilala bilang salaysay na tinatawag na “Nṛśaṃsa.”
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.