Shloka 29
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें देवस्थानवाक्यविषयक इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parva-ke antargata rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parva-me devastāna-vākya-viṣayaka ikkīsavā̃ adhyāya pūrā huā
Thus ends the twenty-first chapter, concerning the words of Devastāna, within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section of the Śānti Parva of the revered Mahābhārata.
देवस्थान उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it signals the completion of a chapter within the Rājadharmānuśāsana portion of Śānti Parva, framing the surrounding material as instruction on righteous kingship (rāja-dharma).
The text is concluding a chapter attributed to Devastāna’s discourse; it functions as an editorial marker that the twenty-first chapter on that topic has ended within Śānti Parva’s royal-instruction section.