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
至此，《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，属于“王法”（Rājadharma）教诫部分、涉及圣者舍罗婆（Śrava）之对话的第一百一十七章（117）结束。此为章末题记，用以标示章回告终，并非人物所说的教义偈颂。
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).