Shloka 165
इति श्रीमहाभारते आदिपर्वणि चैत्ररथपर्वणि द्रौपदीसम्भवे पज्चषष्ट्यधिकशततमो< ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत चैत्ररथपर्वमें द्रौपदीजन्मविषयक एक सौ पैंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate ādiparvaṇi caitrarathaparvaṇi draupadīsambhave pañcaṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Ādi Parva, in the Caitraratha section, the chapter concerning the birth/origin of Draupadī—being the one hundred and sixty-fifth—comes to its close. This colophon marks the completion of a narrative unit, formally sealing the account and situating it within the epic’s ethical frame: events are not merely told, but carefully placed within the larger order of dharma and destiny that governs the Mahābhārata’s unfolding.
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This line functions as a colophon: it teaches how the Mahābhārata frames its narratives within an ordered textual and ethical architecture—each episode is formally located (parva, sub-parva, theme, chapter number), underscoring that events like Draupadī’s origin are part of a larger dharmic and fated design rather than isolated stories.
The narrative itself is not advancing here; instead, the text is closing a chapter. It announces that the chapter dealing with Draupadī’s sambhava (origin/birth episode) within the Caitraratha section of the Ādi Parva has been completed, identifying it as the 165th chapter.