Shloka 168
Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava-Alliance Warriors (Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and Allied Kings)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वमें भीष्य- कर्णसंवादविषयक एक सौ अड़सठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi antar-gate rathātirathasaṅkhyānaparvaṇi bhīṣma-karṇa-saṁvāda-viṣayaka ekaśatāṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि रथातिरथसंख्यानपर्वणि भीष्मकर्णसंवादविषयकः अष्टषष्ट्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by framing the preceding Bhīṣma–Karṇa exchange as part of the Mahābhārata’s ethical and strategic reflection before war, emphasizing ordered transmission, textual closure, and the contextual placement of counsel within dharma and statecraft.
The text signals the completion of Adhyāya 168 in the Udyoga Parva, specifying that it belongs to the Rathātiratha-saṅkhyāna section and that its subject was the dialogue between Bhīṣma and Karṇa; it functions as an editorial/narrative boundary marking the end of that chapter.