Shloka 66
राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता
Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि चातुराश्रम्यविधौ षट्षष्टितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi cāturāśramyavidhau ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீமஹாபாரதத்தின் சாந்திபர்வத்தில், ராஜதர்மானுஷாசனப் பர்வத்தில், சாத்துராச்ரம்ய விதி பற்றிய அறுபத்தாறாம் அத்தியாயம் நிறைவுற்றது।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; it frames the teaching context as rājadharma (royal ethics and governance) and cāturāśramya-vidhi (the proper ordering of the four stages of life), implying that kingship is to be guided by dharma and by respect for the āśrama-based moral-social framework.
The text signals the end of the sixty-sixth chapter within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction. It is not a spoken narrative event but an editorial/structural closure indicating where the discussion belongs in the larger Mahābhārata.