Shloka 66
राजा-दैवतत्वम् — The King as a Stabilizing ‘Daivata’ (Divine Function) in Social Order
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वरमें चारों आश्रमोंके धर्मका वर्णनविषयक छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi catvāri āśramāṇāṃ dharmasya varṇana-viṣayakaḥ ṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि चतुर्णामाश्रमाणां धर्मवर्णने षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter whose core subject is āśrama-dharma—the ethical duties appropriate to the four stages of life—presented within the broader framework of rājadharma (royal duty and governance).
Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva reaches the end of a chapter; the text formally closes the unit that discussed the duties of the four āśramas within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section.