Shloka 264
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रौपदीहरणपर्वमें जय्रथका आगमनविषयक दो सौ चौसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi jayadrathasyāgamana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत के वनपर्व के अंतर्गत द्रौपदीहरणपर्व में जयद्रथ के आगमन-विषयक दो सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction but frames the episode ethically: the abduction of Draupadī is presented as an adharma-driven act, and the narrative structure emphasizes that such wrongdoing becomes a cause for inevitable consequences and moral reckoning.
This is the closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the 264th chapter—focused on Jayadratha’s arrival within the Draupadī-abduction section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.