Shloka 181
इति श्रीमहा भारते वनपर्वणि आजगरपर्वणि भीममोचने एकाशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ājagaraparvaṇi bhīmamocane ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Thus ends the one-hundred-and-eighty-first chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the Python (Ājagara), in the episode of Bhīma’s release. This closing colophon marks the completion of the chapter’s teaching and narrative movement toward liberation from peril through right understanding and conduct.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself does not add new instruction; it signals closure of the chapter situated in the Ājagara episode, whose broader ethical thrust emphasizes that peril can be overcome through discernment, self-control, and adherence to dharma rather than mere force.
This is the formal end-marker of the chapter: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the book (Vana Parva), the sub-episode (Ājagara-parvan), and the specific narrative focus (Bhīma’s release), concluding the chapter’s account.