Shloka 117
Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā
Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants
इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि श्रवर्षिसंवादे सप्तदशाधिकशततमोड<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi śravaṛṣi-saṃvāde saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ఇతి శ్రీమహాభారత శాంతిపర్వాంతర్గత రాజధర్మానుశాసనపర్వంలో శ్రవ ఋషి-సంవాద విషయమైన నూట పదిహేడు వ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తం।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon (ending marker), not a teaching verse. Its function is to identify the text’s location—Śānti Parva, the Rājadharma instruction section—and to signal the completion of the chapter connected with the Śrava-ṛṣi dialogue heading.
The narrative content has concluded for the chapter; the text now formally closes the chapter by naming the larger book (Mahābhārata), the parva (Śānti), the internal section (Rājadharma instruction), and the chapter count (117th).