Shloka 63
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Procession, Encampment (Niveśa), and Auspicious Timing for Ritual Action
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि द्रव्यानयनोपक्रमे त्रिषष्टितमो5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्वमेधिकपवके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें द्रव्य लानेका उपक्रमविषयक तिरसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi dravyānayanopakramaḥ triṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus ends the sixty-third chapter in the Aśvamedhika Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Anugītā section, dealing with the commencement of bringing the requisite materials. This is a formal colophon marking the completion of the chapter and indicating its subject matter.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a doctrinal statement; its function is to mark closure and to identify the chapter’s topic—initiating the procurement of ritual materials—thereby framing the ethical and ritual seriousness of orderly preparation.
The narrator’s colophon announces that the sixty-third chapter has concluded and names its theme as the beginning of bringing the necessary materials, situating the reader within the Anugītā portion of the Aśvamedhika Parva.