Khāṇḍava-dāha: Indra’s Countermeasures and the Nāga Aśvasena’s Escape (आदि पर्व, अध्याय २१८)
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आदिपर्वके अन्तर्गत अर्जुनवनवासपर्वमें अर्जुनका द्वारकागमनविषयक दो सौ सत्रहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata ādiparvake antargata arjunavanavāsaparvaṇi arjunasya dvārakāgamanaviṣayakaḥ dviśata-saptadaśottara-dviśatatamaḥ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the two-hundred-and-seventeenth chapter of the Ādi Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Arjuna’s Exile section, dealing with Arjuna’s journey to Dvārakā. This closing colophon marks the completion of that narrative unit as transmitted by Vaiśampāyana.
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