Shloka 29

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें देवस्थानवाक्यविषयक इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parva-ke antargata rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parva-me devastāna-vākya-viṣayaka ikkīsavā̃ adhyāya pūrā huā

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଶାନ୍ତିପର୍ବାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ରାଜଧର୍ମାନୁଶାସନପର୍ବରେ ଦେବସ୍ଥାନବାକ୍ୟବିଷୟକ ଏକୋଇଶତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

इतिthus

प्रकारेणin this manner / by this way

श्रीrevered, auspicious (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

शान्तिof peace

पर्वकेin the section (parvan)

अन्तर्गतincluded within

राजधर्मin (the topic of) kingly duty

अनुशासनin the instruction (sub-parvan)

पर्वणिin the parvan/section

देवस्थानabout holy places / abodes of gods

वाक्यstatement/discourse

विषयकconcerning / pertaining to

एकविंशःtwenty-first

अध्यायःchapter

पूरःcomplete

अभवत्was / became (completed)

Speaker

देवस्थान उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mahābhārata

Śānti Parva

Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Devastāna

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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).

What is happening in the narrative?

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.