Shloka 276
Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत रामोपाख्यानपर्वमें वानर आदिकी उत्पत्तिये सम्बन्धित दो सौ छिद्वत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparva-ke antar-gata-rāmopākhyāna-parva-meṁ vānara-ādikī utpatti-se sambandhita dvi-śata-ṣaḍ-saptatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বৰ অন্তৰ্গত ৰামোপাখ্যানপৰ্বত বানৰ আদি সত্তাৰ উৎপত্তি-বিষয়ক দু’শ ছিয়াত্তৰতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon-like closing, the verse emphasizes textual and thematic completion: the epic presents the origin of the vānara hosts as part of a purposeful moral narrative, reminding readers that such accounts function as instructive exempla within the Mahābhārata’s dharma-centered discourse.
This line marks the conclusion of a chapter in the Rāmopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva, specifically the chapter connected with the origin of monkeys and related beings; it serves as an editorial/narrative closure rather than advancing plot events.