Shloka 305
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत कुण्डलाहरणपर्वमें पथाको मन्त्रकी प्राप्तिविषयक तीन सौ पॉचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-kuṇḍalāharaṇa-parvaṇi pathakā-mantrasya prāpti-viṣayakaḥ trī-śata-pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Así, en el venerado Mahābhārata, dentro del Vana Parva, en el episodio de Kuṇḍalāharaṇa, concluye el capítulo trescientos cinco, relativo a la obtención del llamado mantra “Pathakā”.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This verse functions as a colophon: it emphasizes that the acquisition of a mantra is a significant attainment and that chapters are structured as complete units of meaning. Implicitly, it frames sacred knowledge as something received through proper means and with ethical consequence.
The narrator signals the end of the 305th chapter within Vana Parva’s Kuṇḍalāharaṇa episode, specifically the portion dealing with the obtaining of the “Pathakā” mantra. It is a formal closure rather than a new narrative event.