Shloka 85
शकुनेः पुत्रेण सह आश्वमेधाश्वविषयः संघर्षः — Arjuna’s restrained engagement with Śakuni’s son during the horse-escort
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्वमेधिके पर्वणि अनुगीतापर्वणि अश्वमेधारम्भे पज्चाशीतितमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate āśvamedhike parvaṇi anugītāparvaṇi aśvamedhārambhe pañcāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
इति श्रीमहाभारत के आश्वमेधिक पर्व में, अनुगीतापर्व के अंतर्गत, अश्वमेध-आरम्भ के प्रसंग में पचासीवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach a doctrine directly; it frames the ethical setting: the narrative is moving into the king’s ritual obligation (Aśvamedha) as a dharmic act of restoring order and legitimacy after conflict, and it locates this within the Anugītā context of reflective instruction.
The chapter concludes, and the text signals that the ongoing storyline belongs to the Āśvamedhika Parva, specifically the Anugītā section, at the point where the Aśvamedha sacrifice is being initiated.