Kāpavya-carita (कापव्यचरित) — Reforming Dasyus through Regulated Rāja-Dharma
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि आपद्धर्मपर्वणि राजर्षिवृत्तं नाम द्वात्रिशयदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi āpaddharmaparvaṇi rājarṣivṛttaṃ nāma dvātriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mahābhārata, sa loob ng Śānti Parva at lalo na sa bahaging Āpaddharma (ang dharma sa panahon ng kagipitan), nagwawakas ang ika-isang daan at tatlumpu’t dalawang kabanata, na pinamagatang “Ang Salaysay tungkol sa Rajaṛṣi.”
भीष्म उवाच
This line is a colophon marking the chapter’s conclusion and situating it within Śānti Parva’s Āpaddharma teachings, emphasizing that the preceding narrative about a royal sage functions as ethical instruction—especially about right conduct under distress.
The verse does not advance the story; it formally closes the chapter, naming its theme (“Account of the Royal Sage”) and identifying its placement in the Mahābhārata’s Śānti Parva, within the Āpaddharma section.