Shloka 28
सहदेव-दक्षिण-दिग्विजयः — Sahadeva’s Southern Conquest and the Māhiṣmatī–Agni Encounter
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि दिग्विजयपर्वणि अर्जुनोत्तरदिग्विजये अष्टाविंशोड ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापववके अन्तर्गत विग्विजयपर्वमें अर्जुनकी उत्तर दिशापर विजयविषयक अद्ठाईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi digvijayaparvaṇi arjunottaradigvijaye aṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter of the Sabhā Parvan of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section on the Digvijaya, describing Arjuna’s conquest in the northern direction.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding narrative within the dharmic-political ideal of digvijaya—conquest undertaken as part of establishing legitimate sovereignty and ordered rule, rather than mere personal aggression.
The speaker Vaiśampāyana signals the close of the chapter describing Arjuna’s northern campaign in the Digvijaya section of the Sabhā Parvan, marking the completion of that episode within the larger account of the Pāṇḍavas’ preparations for imperial rites and governance.