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 |
Así, en el Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva, en la sección relativa a la batalla con los Yakṣas, concluye el capítulo sobre la visión de Kubera—el centésimo sexagésimo primero. Este colofón señala el cierre del episodio y anuncia el tránsito del conflicto con seres divinos hacia el sentido moral y espiritual del encuentro con Kubera, señor de las riquezas y guardián del cuadrante septentrional.
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.