Shloka 161
इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः
Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि यक्षयुद्धपर्वणि कुबेरदर्शने एकषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें कुबेरदर्शनविषयक एक सौ इकसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi kuberadārśane ekaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section concerning the battle with the Yakṣas, the chapter on the vision of Kubera—being the one hundred and sixty-first—comes to an end. This colophon marks the completion of the episode, signaling a transition from conflict with divine beings to the moral and spiritual significance of encountering Kubera, lord of wealth and guardian of the northern quarter.
धनेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not present a direct doctrinal teaching; its ethical function is structural: it closes an episode of confrontation with Yakṣas and frames the subsequent significance of Kubera’s appearance—suggesting that encounters with divine powers (including wealth and authority) are to be understood within dharmic order and narrative consequence rather than mere spectacle.
This is the formal closing line of the chapter: it states that, within Vana Parva and the Yakṣa-battle episode, the chapter dealing with the vision/meeting of Kubera has concluded, identifying it as the 161st chapter.