Shloka 41
Adhyāya 42 (Śānti Parva): Śrāddha, Aurdhvadaihika Rites, and Royal Welfare Measures
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें भीमसेन आदिकी भिन्न-भिन्न कार्योनें नियुक्तिविषयक इकतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi bhīmasenādikī bhinna-bhinna kāryeṣu niyuktiviṣayaka ekacatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના શાંતિપર્વના અંતર્ગત રાજધર્માનુશાસનપર્વમાં ભીમસેન આદિને ભિન્ન-ભિન્ન કાર્યોમાં નિયુક્તિ વિષયક એકતાલીસમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter-colophon highlights a key principle of rāja-dharma: effective and ethical rule depends on assigning people to duties suited to their distinct roles and abilities, so that responsibility is properly distributed and dharma is maintained.
This is a concluding colophon spoken by Vaiśampāyana, marking the end of the forty-first chapter within the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion of the Śānti Parva, summarizing that it treated the topic of appointing Bhīmasena and others to different tasks.