Shloka 29
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधमानुशासनपर्वमें देवस्थानवाक्यविषयक इक्कीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrī-mahābhārate śānti-parva-ke antargata rāja-dharmānuśāsana-parva-me devastāna-vākya-viṣayaka ikkīsavā̃ adhyāya pūrā huā
یوں شری مہابھارت کے شانتِی پَرو کے تحت راج دھرم انوشاسن پَرو میں، دیوستان کے کلام سے متعلق اکیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔
देवस्थान उवाच
Educational Q&A
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).
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.