Shloka 66
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत विराटपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोहदरणपर्वमें समस्त कौरवोंके पलायनसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला छाछठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Virāṭaparvaṇi antar-gate Goharaṇaparvaṇi samasta-Kauravāṇāṁ palāyanena sambandha-rakhanevālā ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Virāṭa Parva—specifically in the episode concerning the cattle-raid—the sixty-sixth chapter concludes, centered on the flight and rout of all the Kauravas. The closing underscores how arrogance and wrongful aggression collapse when confronted by rightful strength and steadfast resolve.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter-colophon highlights a moral arc: unjust aggression (here, the cattle-raid) culminates in humiliation and retreat. It implies that adharma-driven pride is unstable, while disciplined resolve aligned with dharma can overturn apparent power.
This is a concluding colophon stating that the sixty-sixth chapter of the Virāṭa Parva’s cattle-raid episode has ended, and its main subject was the flight of the Kauravas.