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
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-sixty-fourth chapter of the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Caitraratha section, in the episode concerning the birth (and emergence into the narrative) of Draupadī. This closing colophon marks the completion of the chapter and situates the account within its larger ethical and narrative frame.
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).