Shloka 206
अर्जुनस्य तीर्थयात्रा तथा मणलूर-सम्बन्धः
Arjuna’s Pilgrimage and the Maṇalūra Alliance
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत विदुरागमनराज्यलम्भपर्वमें नगरनिर्माणविषयक दो सौ छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antargate vidurāgamanarājyalambhaparvaṇi nagaranirmāṇaviṣayakaḥ dviśataṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
So endet das zweihundertsechste Kapitel des Ādi Parva der heiligen Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Unterabschnitts über Viduras Ankunft und das Erlangen des Königreichs, zum Thema des Städtebaus. (Dies ist ein abschließender Kolophon und treibt die Handlung nicht voran.)
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon: it emphasizes textual organization—parva, sub-parva, and chapter—rather than offering a direct moral instruction. Indirectly, it points to themes of orderly governance and civic organization through the chapter’s stated topic of city-construction.
No new narrative event occurs here. The statement simply announces that the chapter on city-construction, situated within the section about Vidura’s arrival and the attainment of the kingdom, has concluded.