Shloka 47
Kurukṣetra-anudarśanam — Rāma-hradāḥ and the Question of Kṣatra Continuity (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय ४८)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें भीष्मस्तवराजविषयक सैतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīṣmastavarājaviṣayakaḥ saptacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
So endet im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb der Śānti Parva—genauer im Abschnitt Rājadharmānuśāsana (Unterweisung über die königliche Pflicht, das Dharma des Herrschers)—das siebenundvierzigste Kapitel, das Bhīṣmas Lobpreis des Königs behandelt. Dieses Kolophon markiert einen Übergang im ethischen Diskurs über Königtum und schließt eine Einheit ab, die den Idealen und Verantwortungen rechtschaffener Herrschaft gemäß dem Dharma gewidmet ist.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse; its ethical significance is structural: it closes a chapter within the Rājadharma instruction, emphasizing that the discourse is organized as formal guidance on righteous kingship and governance.
Vaiśampāyana marks the completion of the forty-seventh chapter in the Śānti Parva’s Rājadharmānuśāsana section, specifically a chapter centered on Bhīṣma’s praise and discussion relating to the king, before the text proceeds to the next unit.