Shloka 127
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि ऋषभगीतासु सप्तविंशत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi ṛṣabhagītāsu saptaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இதி, ஸ்ரீமகாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், ராஜதர்மானுஷாசனப் பர்வத்தின் உட்பகுதியாகிய ரிஷபகீதையின் நூற்று இருபத்தேழாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவு.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma (ethical kingship), framing the preceding material as authoritative guidance on governance and duty.
The text is closing a chapter: it formally locates the chapter within the Mahābhārata (Śānti Parva, Rājadharma-anuśāsana section) and names it as part of the Ṛṣabha-gītā material, indicating the end of that adhyāya’s discourse.