Shloka 66
राजा-दैवतत्वम् — The King as a Stabilizing ‘Daivata’ (Divine Function) in Social Order
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वरमें चारों आश्रमोंके धर्मका वर्णनविषयक छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi catvāri āśramāṇāṃ dharmasya varṇana-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Así concluye el trigésimo sexto capítulo de la sección Rājadharmānuśāsana dentro del Śānti Parva del venerable Śrī Mahābhārata, capítulo dedicado a describir el dharma de las cuatro etapas de la vida (āśramas).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose core subject is āśrama-dharma—the ethical duties appropriate to the four stages of life—presented within the broader framework of rājadharma (royal duty and governance).
Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva reaches the end of a chapter; the text formally closes the unit that discussed the duties of the four āśramas within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section.