Shloka 70
Āśvamedha-dīkṣā-nirdeśaḥ — Scheduling the Initiation and Assigning Protection for the Horse
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपरववके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें पाण्डवोका आगमनविषयक सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhikaparvaṇi antargate anugītāparvaṇi pāṇḍavānām āgamanaviṣayakaḥ saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Aśvamedhika Parva—specifically in the Anugītā sub-section—the seventieth chapter, dealing with the arrival of the Pāṇḍavas, is concluded. The line functions as a formal colophon, marking closure and framing the narrative’s movement from instruction and reflection back into the unfolding duties and events of the Pāṇḍavas’ post-war life.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
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This line is not a doctrinal verse but a colophon: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—signaling that instruction and reflection (Anugītā context) are framed within dharma-guided narrative progression, and that the Pāṇḍavas’ actions are to be read as part of an ethically structured epic.
The narrator (Vaiśampāyana) formally concludes the chapter identified as the seventieth, whose topic is the arrival of the Pāṇḍavas, within the Anugītā section of the Aśvamedhika Parva.