Shloka 231
Bṛhaspati’s Counsel on Contentment
Santoṣa), Restraint, and Adroha (Non-injury
इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि देवस्थानवाक्ये एकविंशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi devastānavākye ekaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Mahābhārata, di dalam Śānti Parva—khususnya bahagian tentang ajaran kewajipan raja—berakhirlah bab kedua puluh satu, berupa kata-kata yang diucapkan oleh Devastāna. Rumusan penutup ini menandai selesainya satu rangkaian pengajaran tentang rājadharma (etika dan tanggungjawab pemerintahan raja).
देवस्थान उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it signals that the preceding discourse belongs to the rājadharma instruction within Śānti Parva and that Devastāna’s speech (as framed by the edition) concludes here. The ethical focus indicated is governance guided by dharma.
The text is formally closing a chapter: it identifies the larger work (Mahābhārata), the book (Śānti Parva), the internal section (Rājadharmānuśāsana), the speaker attribution (Devastāna’s words), and the chapter number (21).