Shloka 62
Brāhmaṇa-Dharma, Āśrama Eligibility, and the Primacy of Rāja-Dharma (Śānti Parva 63)
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने द्विषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the sixty-second chapter in the Śānti Parva of the Mahābhārata, within the section on the instruction of royal duties, in the discourse on the dharmas of the social orders and stages of life.
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it frames the preceding material as instruction on rājadharma (royal duty) and varṇāśrama-dharma (duties according to social order and life-stage), emphasizing that ethical governance is grounded in regulated personal and social conduct.
The chapter concludes formally. The Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva continues its post-war instruction, and this closing formula identifies the location of the discourse—within the rājadharma instruction section and specifically the discussion of varṇa and āśrama duties.