Shloka 156
नृशंस-लक्षणनिर्णयः | Determining the Marks of Cruel Conduct
Nṛśaṃsa
इस प्रकार श्रीमद्ा भारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत आपद्धर्मपर्वमें पवन-शाल्मलि-संवादविषयक एक सौ छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmad-bhārate śānti-parvaṇi antargate āpad-dharma-parvaṇi pavana-śālmalī-saṃvāda-viṣayaka eka-śata-ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
至此，尊贵的《摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中《处难法》（Āpaddharma）部分，关于“风神帕瓦那（Pavana）与娑罗摩梨树（Śālmalī）之对话”的第一百五十六章告终。此结语题记表明一段教诲已圆满收束：其旨在阐明困厄之时的行持伦理，乃毗湿摩（Bhīṣma）所传。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter; it frames the preceding discourse as part of Āpaddharma—guidance on right conduct under crisis—delivered within Bhīṣma’s larger instruction in the Śānti Parva.
The text signals completion of the chapter whose subject is the Pavana–Śālmalī dialogue; it is an editorial/narrative closure rather than a new spoken verse, indicating that the teaching episode has ended.