Shloka 152
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें इन्द्रोत और पारिक्षितका संवादविषयक एक सौ बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate āpaddharmaparvaṇi indrota-parīkṣit-saṃvāda-viṣayaka ekaśata-dvāpañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت آپدھرم پَرو میں اندروت اور پریکشت کے مکالمے کے موضوع پر مشتمل ایک سو باونواں ادھیائے مکمل ہوا۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself does not add a new doctrinal point; it frames the preceding instruction as part of Āpaddharma—ethical decision-making under crisis—delivered through the Indrota–Parīkṣit dialogue within Bhīṣma’s larger Śānti Parva teachings.
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-ending marker: it announces that the chapter concerning the dialogue between Indrota and Parīkṣit, situated in the Āpaddharma section of the Śānti Parva, has concluded.