Shloka 162
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें कुबेरवाक्यविषयक एक सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi kuberavākyaviṣayaka ekaśatadvāṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত যক্ষযুদ্ধপৰ্বত কুবেৰবাক্য-বিষয়ক একশ বাষট্টিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes—by clearly marking the end of a chapter and identifying its subject (Kubera’s words) and its placement within the larger narrative structure (Vana Parva → Yakṣa-yuddha section).
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the chapter has concluded. It indicates that the preceding content belonged to the Yakṣa-yuddha episode within the Forest Book and that the chapter’s focus was Kubera’s speech.