Shloka 162
Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā
Indraloka-gamana
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें कुबेरवाक्यविषयक एक सौ बासठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi kuberavākyaviṣayaka ekaśatadvāṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
So endet im heiligen Mahābhārata, innerhalb des Vana Parva, im Abschnitt Yakṣa-yuddha, das hundertzweiundsechzigste Kapitel, das von den Worten Kuberas handelt.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes—by clearly marking the end of a chapter and identifying its subject (Kubera’s words) and its placement within the larger narrative structure (Vana Parva → Yakṣa-yuddha section).
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) signals that the chapter has concluded. It indicates that the preceding content belonged to the Yakṣa-yuddha episode within the Forest Book and that the chapter’s focus was Kubera’s speech.