Shloka 230
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदर्शनपर्वमें शार्ड्यकोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antargate mayadarśanaparvaṇi śārḍyakopākhyānavishayaka dviśatatriṃśattamo ’dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
وهكذا ينتهي الفصل المئتان والثلاثون من «شري مهابهاراتا» ضمن «آدي بارفا»، في قسم «مايادَرْشَنَة»، المتعلّق بحادثة «شارْدْيَكَة». وهذه الصيغة الختامية تُثبت تمام تلك الوحدة السردية كما نقلها فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it emphasizes the disciplined preservation of tradition—how a narrative is carefully segmented, attributed, and concluded within an authoritative transmission.
Vaiśaṃpāyana signals the completion of a chapter in the Ādi Parva, specifically the portion connected with Mayadarśana and the Śārḍyaka subsidiary tale, indicating a formal end to that chapter’s subject matter.