Shloka 245
मुद्गलोपाख्यानम् — व्रीहिद्रोणदानं, दुर्वाससः परीक्षा, स्वर्गगुणप्रश्नः
Mudgala Episode: Rice-measure Charity, Durvāsas’ Test, Inquiry on Heaven
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि गन्धर्वपराभवे पजञ्चचत्वारिंशदधिकद्धिशततमो<5 ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi gandharvaparābhave pañcacatvāriṃśad-adhika-dviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Vana Parva, in the section concerning the cattle-expedition (Ghoṣa-yātrā), in the episode of the Gandharvas’ defeat, the two-hundred-and-forty-fifth chapter. This is a colophon marking the close of the chapter and situating it within the larger narrative arc, where pride and aggression are checked by a superior force, underscoring the ethical lesson that power without restraint invites humiliation and correction.
वैशम्पायन उवाच