Shloka 29
नकुलस्य प्रतीची-दिग्विजयः
Nakula’s Conquest of the Western Quarter
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि दिग्विजयपर्वणि भीमदिग्विजये एकोनत्रिंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvaṇi digvijayaparvaṇi bhīmadigvijaye ekonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikian berakhir bab kedua puluh sembilan dalam Mahābhārata, pada Sabhā Parva, di bagian Digvijaya, khusus mengenai penaklukan Bhīma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode within the dharmic-political project of establishing legitimate sovereignty. By locating Bhīma’s conquests inside the Digvijaya undertaken for Yudhiṣṭhira’s imperial rite, it implicitly highlights the ethical tension between forceful expansion and the ideal of righteous rule.
The verse signals the conclusion of the chapter describing Bhīma’s portion of the Digvijaya (campaign to subdue regions in the quarters). It functions as an editorial/narrative marker: the Bhīma-digvijaya segment in Sabhā Parva’s Digvijaya section has reached the end of its twenty-ninth chapter.