Shloka 165
समुद्रदर्शनं दैत्यपुरोपगमनं च
Ocean Vision and Approach to the Daitya City
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि निवातकवचयुद्धपर्वण्यर्जुनसमागमे पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nivātakavacayuddhaparvaṇy arjunasamāgame pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
ইতি শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বত, নিবাতকবচযুদ্ধপৰ্বত, অৰ্জুনসমাগম-প্ৰসঙ্গৰ একশ পঁয়ষট্টিতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode within a dharmic narrative. The implied ethical emphasis is that righteous purpose, steadfast courage, and disciplined effort—especially during hardship like exile—are integral to the hero’s path and to the restoration of dharma.
This line marks the close of a chapter in the Vana Parva, identifying it as part of the Nivātakavaca battle section and connected with Arjuna’s encounter (samāgama). It functions as an editorial/narrative marker indicating where this unit of the story ends within the larger Mahābhārata.