Shloka 31
राजधर्मः, दण्डनीतिः, कर्तृत्व-विचारः च
Royal Duty, Lawful Discipline, and the Question of Agency
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वमें स्वर्णछ्ीवीके जन्मका उपाख्यानविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parvaṇi antar-gate rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parvaṇi svarṇacchīvī-janmopākhyāna-viṣayaka ekatriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ ശാന്തിപർവ്വാന്തർഗതമായ രാജധർമ്മാനുശാസനപർവ്വത്തിൽ സ്വർണച്ഛീവിയുടെ ജന്മോപാഖ്യാനവിഷയകമായ മുപ്പത്തൊന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി।
पर्वत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is a colophon marking the end of a chapter situated within teachings on rāja-dharma (royal duty). It indicates that the surrounding material uses an upākhyāna—an illustrative narrative about Svarṇacchīvī’s birth—to convey ethical and practical guidance for rulers.
No new narrative action occurs here; it formally concludes the chapter. It identifies the textual location (Śānti Parva, within the Rājadharmānuśāsana section) and names the chapter’s topic as the episode concerning Svarṇacchīvī’s birth.