Shloka 219
Śārṅgakānāṃ Avināśaḥ (Why the Śārṅga Birds Were Spared) | शार्ङ्गकानामविनाशः
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सुभद्राहरणपर्वमें बलदेवक्रोधविषयक दो सौ उन्नीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāra śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi antaragate subhadrāharaṇaparvaṇi baladevakrodhaviṣayaka dviśata-unnaviṃśat-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ
Thus, in the revered Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva, in the section concerning the abduction of Subhadrā, the two-hundred-and-nineteenth chapter—dealing with Balarāma’s anger—comes to an end. The closing formula marks the completion of a narrative unit, reminding that powerful emotion, even in the righteous, must be restrained for harmony in family and polity.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the line chiefly marks completion, but it also frames the episode’s ethical emphasis: krodha (anger), even when arising from loyalty or perceived injustice, must be governed by restraint and wise counsel to preserve dharma and social harmony.
This is the formal closing statement for Ādi Parva, chapter 219, within the Subhadrā-abduction episode, specifying that the chapter’s topic is Balarāma’s anger and that the chapter has concluded.