Shloka 61
Brāhmaṇa-Dharma, Āśrama Eligibility, and the Primacy of Rāja-Dharma (Śānti Parva 63)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमनुशासनपर्वमें चारों आश्रमोंके धर्मोका वर्णणविषयक एकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvake antargata rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi caturṇām āśramāṇāṁ dharmāṇāṁ varṇanaviṣayaka ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
如是，在《圣摩诃婆罗多》之《寂静篇》（Śānti Parva）中，尤于“王法训诫”之部，叙述四住期（四 āśrama）之法的第六十一章，至此圆满终了。
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This line functions as a colophon: it highlights that the chapter’s core subject is āśrama-dharma—the duties and ethical disciplines appropriate to the four stages of life—presented within Bhīṣma’s broader instruction on rājadharma (good governance and righteous rule).
Bhīṣma’s discourse reaches a formal chapter-end marker. The text signals that the sixty-first chapter, focused on describing the dharmas of the four āśramas, has been completed within the Śānti Parva’s rājadharma instruction section.