Shloka 195
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत मार्कण्डेययमास्यापर्वमें ययातिचरितविषयक एक सौ पज्चानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṃ Śrīmahābhārata-vanaparvake antargata-mārkaṇḍeyasamāsyāparvaṇi yayāti-carita-viṣayaka ekaśata-pañcānnava-tamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fifth chapter of the Śrī Mahābhārata’s Vana Parva, within the Markandeya Samasya sub-section, dealing with the account of King Yayāti. This closing colophon signals the completion of a narrative unit that frames Yayāti’s story as a moral exemplum within the forest-episode context.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse itself teaches primarily through framing: it marks Yayāti’s life-story as a self-contained moral exemplum within the Vana Parva’s didactic setting, inviting the reader to treat the preceding narrative as ethically instructive rather than merely entertaining.
This line is not part of the spoken story-action; it is an editorial/recitational closure indicating that the chapter concerning Yayāti’s account has concluded within the Markandeya-associated subsection of the Vana Parva.