Shloka 117
Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā
Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravaṛṣi-saṃvāde saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así concluye el capítulo centésimo decimoséptimo (117) del Śānti Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección de instrucción sobre el Rājadharma (deber real), en el diálogo en que interviene el sabio Śrava. Se trata de un colofón final que marca el cierre del capítulo, y no de un verso doctrinal pronunciado por un personaje.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location—Śānti Parva, the Rājadharma instruction section—and to signal the completion of the chapter connected with the Śrava-ṛṣi dialogue heading.
The narrative content has concluded for the chapter; the text now formally closes the chapter by naming the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section (Rājadharma instruction), and the chapter count (117th).