Shloka 105
Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि कालकवृक्षीये पञ्चाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīye pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi s’achève le cent-cinquième chapitre, la section « Kālaka et Vṛkṣī », au sein de l’enseignement sur les Devoirs royaux (Rājadharma) du Śānti Parva du vénérable Mahābhārata. Le cadre du récit demeure l’instruction souveraine de Bhīṣma sur la royauté et le dharma, marquant la clôture formelle de l’exposé éthique de ce chapitre.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the end of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s instruction on rājadharma. Its function is structural: it situates the teaching within Śānti Parva and the Rājadharma instruction section, emphasizing the Mahābhārata’s didactic organization of ethical guidance for rulers.
Bhīṣma’s discourse continues as the overarching narrative frame, but this particular verse does not advance plot; it formally closes the chapter identified as ‘Kālaka-Vṛkṣīya’ and signals the transition to the next unit of instruction.