Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें कालकवृक्षीय गुनिका उपदेशविषयक एक सौ चारवाँ अध्याय पूरा हआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi antargate rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi kālakavṛkṣīya-guṇikopadeśa-viṣayaka ekaśata-caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat
至此,《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》(Śānti Parva)中,尤以《王法训诫》(Rājadharmānuśāsana)一段所载——论及古尼迦(Guṇikā)名为“迦罗迦树派”(Kālakavṛkṣīya)之教诲的第一百零四章——宣告终了。
भीष्म उवाच
This line functions as a colophon marking the completion of a teaching-unit within Rājadharma: it frames the preceding material as ethical instruction for rulers, attributed to the ‘Guṇikā’ counsel under the designation ‘Kālakavṛkṣīya’.
The text is closing the 104th chapter of the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion inside the Śānti Parva, signaling that the specific discourse/topic (Guṇikā’s instruction, labeled Kālakavṛkṣīya) has concluded.