Nārada’s Exempla of Tapas and Assurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (नारदोपदेशः—तपःसिद्ध्युदाहरणम्)
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि व्यासागमने सप्तविंशोडध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi vyāsāgamane saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Ainsi, dans le Śrī Mahābhārata, au sein de l’Āśramavāsika Parva—plus précisément la section consacrée à la vie d’ermitage en forêt (āśrama)—s’achève le vingt-septième chapitre, portant sur l’arrivée de Vyāsa. Cette formule de clôture marque l’achèvement d’une unité narrative et annonce la transition vers la suite du récit.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
This line is a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches indirectly by emphasizing textual order and closure—marking the completion of a chapter and framing the narrative within the larger ethical arc of āśrama-life and withdrawal after worldly conflict.
The chapter concludes with a formal ending statement identifying the work (Mahābhārata), the parva (Āśramavāsika), and the chapter’s theme (Vyāsa’s arrival), indicating a transition to the next chapter.