Shloka 69
Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि शकुन्तलोपाख्याने एकोनसप्ततितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वमें शकुन्तलोपाख्यानविषयक उनहत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi śakuntalopākhyāne ekonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
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वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach a new doctrine directly; it frames the narrative ethically by emphasizing textual order and completion—reminding the reader that the Śakuntalā episode belongs to the epic’s larger inquiry into origins, legitimacy, lineage, and the dharmic foundations of kingship.
The narrator signals the end of the Śakuntalā-upākhyāna within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, formally closing the sixty-ninth chapter and preparing the transition to the next portion of the origin narrative.