Shloka 164
वसिष्ठ–विश्वामित्रवैरकारणम्
Vasiṣṭha–Viśvāmitra: Origin of Hostility and Nandinī Episode
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि द्रौपदीसम्भवे चतुःषष्ट्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi draupadīsambhave catuḥṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
So endet das hundertvierundsechzigste Kapitel des Ādi Parva im Śrī Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Caitraratha-Abschnitts, in der Episode über die Geburt (und das Hervortreten in die Erzählung) Draupadīs. Dieses Schlusskolophon bezeichnet den Abschluss des Kapitels und verortet den Bericht in seinem weiteren ethischen und erzählerischen Rahmen.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a didactic verse: its function is to authenticate and locate the narrative within the Mahābhārata’s structure. Ethically, it underscores the epic’s concern for contextual reading—events (such as Draupadī’s origin) are to be understood within their proper section and sequence, not in isolation.
The chapter concludes. The text signals that the account being presented belongs to the Ādi Parva, specifically the Caitraratha section, and that the chapter’s theme concerns Draupadī’s sambhava (origin/birth).