Shloka 70
Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें दमयन्तीके पुनः स्वयंवरकी चचसि सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantyāḥ punaḥ svayaṃvarasya ca saṃbandhaṃ rakṣaṇavat saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ বনপৰ্বান্তৰ্গত নলোপাখ্যানপৰ্বত দময়ন্তীৰ পুনঃ স্বয়ংবৰ-সম্পৰ্কীয় সত্তৰতম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল।
बृहदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse chiefly signals completion, but it also frames the episode’s ethical focus: Damayantī’s steadfastness and rightful agency in choosing, and the importance of preserving a coherent, truthful account (saṃbandha) of events that bear on dharma.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter: it declares that the seventieth chapter of the Nalopākhyāna within the Vana Parva—connected with Damayantī’s second svayaṃvara—has ended, preparing the listener for the next portion of the story.