Shloka 232
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपव॑के अन्तर्गत मयदश्शनपर्वमें शा्ड्ुकोपाख्यानविषयक दो सौ बत्तीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata-ādiparvaṇi antargate mayadarśana-parvaṇi śāṇḍilyopākhyāna-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-dvātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the two-hundred-and-thirty-second chapter of the Śāṇḍilya episode within the Mayadarśana section of the Ādi Parva of the sacred Mahābhārata.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches attentiveness to the epic’s organization and oral transmission, marking the completion of an episode so its ethical message can be retained before moving on.
Vaiśampāyana signals that the Śāṇḍilya-related episode within the Mayadarśana section has concluded, specifically identifying it as the 232nd chapter and closing that narrative unit.