Shloka 87
Kośārtha-Rājadharma: Ethical Revenue Collection and Social Regulation (कोशार्थ-राजधर्मः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें राष्ट्रकी रक्षा आदिका वर्णनविषयक सत्तासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargata-rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇā rāṣṭra-rakṣā-ādikā-varṇana-viṣayakaḥ saptāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के शान्तिपर्व के अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्व में राष्ट्र-रक्षा आदि के वर्णनविषयक सत्तासीवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter’s focus is rājadharma—especially the king’s obligation to protect and preserve the rāṣṭra (state/realm) and to uphold order through principled governance.
This line functions as a concluding colophon: it announces that the eighty-seventh chapter, dealing with topics such as safeguarding the kingdom, has been completed within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section.