Shloka 74
दमयन्ती–बाहुकसंवादः
Damayantī’s Dialogue with Bāhuka; Recognition and Disclosure
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि नलकेशिनीसंवादे चतु:सप्ततितमो5ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi nalopākhyānaparvaṇi nalakeśinīsaṃvāde catuḥsaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Así concluye el capítulo septuagésimo cuarto del Vana Parva del Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro del Nalopākhyāna, en particular el diálogo entre Nala y Keśinī. Este colofón final marca la culminación del capítulo y sitúa el relato en su marco ético: el despliegue de las consecuencias de la conducta, la lealtad y el discernimiento en la historia de Nala.
बाहुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not add new instruction but frames the episode: the Nala narrative is presented as a moral case-study where choices, loyalty, and discernment shape outcomes, and where dharma is explored through lived consequences rather than abstract rule.
This is the chapter-ending colophon stating that the seventy-fourth chapter has concluded, identifying its placement in the Vana Parva, within the Nalopākhyāna, and specifying that the chapter belonged to the dialogue between Nala and Keśinī.