Shloka 57
दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि दमयन्तीस्वयंवरे सप्तपजञ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantīsvayaṃvare saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
وهكذا تنتهي السورة السابعة والخمسون في «فانا بارفا» من «شري المهابهارتا»، ضمن حكاية نَلا، ولا سيّما القسم الذي يصف سْفَيَمْوَرَ دَمَيَنْتِي (اختيارها زوجها بنفسها).
बृहदश्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, this line primarily marks closure and context: it situates the narrative within the Mahābhārata’s layered structure (parva → upākhyāna → episode). Ethically, it underscores that the Damayantī–Nala story is presented as an instructive exemplar within the forest-book setting, where choices (especially in marriage and dharma) carry enduring consequences.
This is the formal end-marker of the chapter: Bṛhadaśva’s narration reaches the conclusion of the fifty-seventh chapter, identified as part of the Nalopākhyāna and specifically connected with Damayantī’s svayaṃvara episode.