Shloka 95
Adharmic Victory as Unstable; Rules of Restraint, Mediation, and Conciliation (अधर्मविजय-अध्रुवत्व तथा क्षमा-नयः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें विजयाभथिलाषी राजाका बर्तावविषयक पंचानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vijayābhilāṣiṇaḥ rājñaḥ vartāva-viṣayakaḥ pañcanavaty-adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि विजयाभिलाषिणो राज्ञो वृत्तिविषये पञ्चनवतितमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon indicating the completion of a chapter that instructs how a victory-seeking king should conduct himself—framing kingship as an ethical discipline governed by rājadharma rather than mere power.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, the text closes a chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana section; it signals that the preceding instruction on royal conduct aimed at victory has concluded.