Shloka 103
मृदु-तीक्ष्ण-नीति तथा दुष्टलक्षण-विज्ञानम्
Measured Policy and the Recognition of Malicious Disposition
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि इन्द्रबृूहस्पतिसंवादे त्रयधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi indrabr̥haspati-saṃvāde trayadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि इन्द्रबृहस्पतिसंवादे त्र्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within Bhīṣma’s rājadharma instruction, framed as a dialogue between Indra and Bṛhaspati—emphasizing that the surrounding material belongs to the ethical science of governance.
Bhīṣma is presenting teachings on royal duty to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva; this specific sentence formally closes the chapter identified as the 103rd in the Indra–Bṛhaspati dialogue section of the rājadharma instruction.