Shloka 175
द्रौपदी-स्वयंवर-प्रारम्भः
Commencement of Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि वासिष्ठे वसिष्ठ शोके पञ्चसप्तत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi vāsiṣṭhe vasiṣṭhaśoke pañcasaptatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के आदिपर्व के चैत्ररथपर्व में वासिष्ठ-प्रकरण के अंतर्गत ‘वसिष्ठ-शोक’ नामक एक सौ छिहत्तरवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon rather than a teaching verse: it marks the textual boundary of a chapter and situates it within the Mahābhārata’s internal divisions (Parva/Adhyāya), preserving the work’s organization for accurate study and transmission.
The narrative content is not advanced here; the text is concluding a chapter identified as the “Vasiṣṭha’s grief” episode within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva.