Shloka 164
समुद्रदर्शनं दैत्यपुरोपगमनं च
Ocean Vision and Approach to the Daitya City
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत यक्षयुद्धपर्वमें अर्जुनाभिगमनविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-yakṣayuddhaparvaṇi arjunābhigamana-viṣayaka ekaśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-fourth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the Yakṣa-yuddha section, dealing with Arjuna’s arrival/approach. This is a formal colophon marking the completion of the chapter and situating it within the larger ethical narrative of the forest exile, where disciplined effort and right conduct frame the heroes’ actions.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches how the epic self-organizes its narrative into parvas and adhyāyas, emphasizing closure, continuity, and the contextual framing needed to interpret events ethically within the forest-exile setting.
The narrator marks the end of the chapter: the 164th adhyāya of the Vana Parva, within the Yakṣa-yuddha section, whose subject is Arjuna’s approach/arrival. It is a formal conclusion statement, not a new plot action.