धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्षमायाचनं तथा युधिष्ठिरे न्यासदानम् / Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Request for Forgiveness and the Entrustment to Yudhiṣṭhira
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रनिर्याणे पज्चदशो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭraniryāṇe pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
وهكذا، في «شري مهابهاراتا»، ضمن «أشرمڤاسيكا پرفا»—في القسم المتعلق بحياة الآشرم (سكنى الغابة) وبرحيل دريتاراشترا—تنتهي الفصل الخامس عشر.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through instruction but through framing: it signals the epic’s ethical movement from worldly rule to withdrawal, highlighting that power and conflict culminate in accountability, renunciation, and the search for inner steadiness.
The text is concluding a chapter: it states that the fifteenth chapter ends within the Āśramavāsika Parva, in the portion dealing with life in the forest-āśrama and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s departure.