Shloka 31
Āśramāgamanam — The Pāṇḍavas Arrive at Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Hermitage
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्रमवासिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत पुत्रदर्शनपर्वमें सबका गज्ञातीरपर गमनविषयक इकतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsika-parvaṇi antargate putradarśana-parvaṇi sarveṣāṃ gaṅgātīra-gamana-viṣayaka ekatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Demikianlah, dalam Mahābhārata yang mulia, pada Āśramavāsika Parva, bagian Putradarśana Parva, berakhirlah bab ke-31 yang mengisahkan perjalanan semua orang menuju tepi Sungai Gaṅgā.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction but through framing: it emphasizes orderly closure and purposeful transition. The movement toward the Gaṅgā suggests an ethical turn toward purification, remembrance, and dharmic action in a sacred setting, consistent with the Āśramavāsika theme of withdrawal from power and reorientation toward spiritual duty.
The text is concluding the thirty-first chapter of the Putradarśana section within the Āśramavāsika Parva. It states that the chapter’s subject is the going of all to the bank of the Gaṅgā, and marks that this chapter is now complete.