Shloka 24
Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि युधिष्ठिरादिधृतराष्ट्रसमागमे चतुर्विशो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi yudhiṣṭhirādi-dhṛtarāṣṭra-samāgame caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Āśramavāsika Parva—en particular, la sección sobre la morada en el eremitorio del bosque—concluye el capítulo vigésimo cuarto, relativo al encuentro de Yudhiṣṭhira y los demás con Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Este colofón final enmarca la narración como un tránsito de la vida regia al retiro ascético, subrayando la reconciliación, la contención y el peso ético del parentesco tras la guerra.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it marks a narrative unit centered on meeting and reconciliation after catastrophe. The ethical emphasis is on restraint, honoring elders and kin, and moving toward renunciation and inner discipline after the destructive consequences of war.
This line closes the chapter by stating its scope: the meeting (samāgama) of Yudhiṣṭhira and others with Dhṛtarāṣṭra within the Āśramavāsika Parva. It functions as a formal end-of-chapter marker in the text.