Shloka 82
Mantri-Parīkṣā — Testing Ministers, Securing Counsel, and Ethical Criteria for Advisers (अध्याय ८४)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें मन्त्रियोंकी परीक्षाके प्रसड़में कालकवृक्षीय मुनिका उपाख्यानविषयक बयासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvame mantriṇāṃ parīkṣā-prasaṅge kālakavṛkṣīya-muneḥ upākhyāna-viṣayakaṃ dvāśītitamaṃ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শান্তিপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ৰাজধৰ্মানুশাসনপৰ্বত, মন্ত্ৰীসকলৰ পৰীক্ষাৰ প্ৰসঙ্গত, ‘কালকবৃক্ষীয়’ মুনিৰ উপাখ্যান-বিষয়ক বিৰাশিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter-colophon highlights a key rajadharma principle: a ruler must carefully examine and select ministers, since the quality of counsel determines the justice, stability, and ethical direction of governance. The text uses an illustrative tale (upākhyāna) to sharpen discernment about character and competence.
This is a concluding colophon stating that the eighty-second chapter has ended. It situates the chapter within Śānti Parva’s royal-duties instruction, noting that the immediate context is the examination of ministers and that the chapter’s subject is the tale of the sage Kālakavṛkṣīya.