Shloka 177
Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि पुनर्द्धतवनप्रवेशे सप्तसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi punarddhatavanapraveśe saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-seventy-eighth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section known as the Ājagara episode, concerning the renewed entry into the forest.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse is a colophon rather than a didactic statement; its function is to mark closure and to locate the chapter within the Mahābhārata’s organized structure, reminding the reader that the narrative is transmitted within a disciplined textual and oral framework.
The chapter concludes. The colophon states that this is the 178th chapter of the Vana Parva, within the Ājagara episode, and that it pertains to a renewed entry into the forest, serving as an editorial/narrative signpost.