Shloka 20
अौर्ध्वदेहिक-श्राद्धे दानयज्ञविस्तारः | Expansion of the Aurdhvadehika Śrāddha and the Donation-Rite
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आश्रमवासिकपव॑के अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्वमें नारदजीका वाक्यविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ Śrīmahābhārate Āśramavāsikaparvaṇi antargata Āśramavāsaparvaṇi Nāradajī-kā vākyaviṣayaka viṁśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ abhavat.
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के आश्रमवासिकपर्व के अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्व में, नारदजी के वाक्य-विषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a chapter-colophon, the verse underscores the epic’s ethical arc: authoritative sage-speech (here, Nārada’s) is treated as a guiding lens for dharma, especially as the story turns from royal life and war’s aftermath toward withdrawal, reflection, and accountability.
Vaiśampāyana signals the formal completion of the twentieth chapter in the Āśramavāsika Parva, specifying that the chapter’s subject was Nārada’s words. It functions as a structural marker concluding that unit of narration.