Mahabharata — Adi Parva, Shloka 226
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि खाण्डवदाहपर्वणि देवकृष्णार्जुनयुद्धे षड्विंशत्यधिकद्धिशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi khāṇḍavadāhapārvaṇi devakṛṣṇārjunayuddhe ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्व के खाण्डवदाहपर्व में देवकृष्ण-अर्जुनयुद्धविषयक दो सौ छब्बीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line is a colophon marking the close of a chapter; its ethical significance lies in framing the narrative as a structured transmission of history and dharma, reminding the reader that episodes of conflict (yuddha) are situated within a larger moral and literary architecture.
The text signals the end of a chapter in the Ādi Parva, within the Khāṇḍava forest-burning episode, identifying the chapter’s focus as the battle involving Kṛṣṇa (Devakṛṣṇa) and Arjuna.