Shloka 83
ययाति–अष्टक संवादः
Yayāti–Aṣṭaka Dialogue on Seniority, Merit, and Fate
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि सम्भवपर्वणि ययात्युपाख्याने -यशीतितमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत सम्भवपर्वें ययात्युपाख्यानविषयक तिरासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi sambhavaparvaṇi yayātyupākhyāne trayāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva and specifically the Sambhava Parva, the Yayāti episode concludes: the eighty-third chapter ends here. This closing colophon signals the completion of a narrative unit, marking a pause for reflection on the lineage-origins theme and the ethical consequences highlighted in the Yayāti story.
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement: it teaches how the Mahābhārata is organized—parva, sub-parva, and embedded episodes—inviting the reader to treat the preceding Yayāti narrative as a complete unit whose ethical implications are to be contemplated after its formal close.
The text signals the end of the Yayāti upākhyāna within the Sambhava Parva of the Ādi Parva, stating that the eighty-third chapter has concluded.