Shloka 63
Kṣātra-dharma as the Public Foundation of Dharma (क्षात्रधर्म-प्रशंसा)
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि वर्णाश्रमधर्मकथने त्रिषप्टितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi varṇāśramadharmakathane triṣapṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के शान्तिपर्व के राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व में वर्णाश्रम-धर्म के कथन-विषयक तिरसठवाँ अध्याय समाप्त होता है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the chapter’s instruction—situated within Bhīṣma’s guidance on rājadharma and the exposition of varṇāśrama-dharma—has concluded.
The text formally closes the chapter within the Śānti Parva, identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata’s larger structure (Śānti Parva → Rājadharmānuśāsana section → discourse on varṇāśrama duties).