Shloka 27
सहदेव-दक्षिण-दिग्विजयः — Sahadeva’s Southern Conquest and the Māhiṣmatī–Agni Encounter
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत सभापर्वके अन्तर्गत दिग्विजयपर्वमें अर्जुनविग्विजयके प्रसंगमें अनेक देशोंपर विजयसम्बन्धी सत्ताईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate sabhāparvake antargata-digvijayaparvaṇi arjuna-digvijayasya prasaṅge aneka-deśopari vijaya-sambandhī saptaviṃśatitamodhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारते सभापर्वणि दिग्विजयपर्वणि अर्जुनदिग्विजयप्रसङ्गे नानादेशविजयवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः समाप्तः।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the preceding material as a record of conquest undertaken within a royal-political project. The ethical implication is that power and expansion are to be evaluated in relation to dharma—legitimate rule, restraint, and the purposes for which force is used.
This is a chapter-ending notice stating that the twenty-seventh chapter of the Digvijaya section (within Sabhā Parva), in the context of Arjuna’s campaign of victories over many regions, has been completed.