Shloka 264
रामस्य सुग्रीवप्रति रोषः — हनूमता सीतादर्शनवृत्तान्तः
Rāma’s Reproach of Sugrīva; Hanūmān’s Report of Seeing Sītā
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत द्रौपदीहरणपर्वमें जय्रथका आगमनविषयक दो सौ चौसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-draupadīharaṇaparvaṇi jayadrathasyāgamana-viṣayakaḥ dviśata-catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-fourth chapter of the Vana Parva of the Śrī Mahābhārata, within the section concerning the abduction of Draupadī, dealing with the arrival of Jayadratha. This closing colophon marks the completion of the narrative unit and signals a transition in the ethical arc: the wrongful act of abduction and the approach of its consequences within the larger framework of dharma and accountability.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the line does not teach through direct instruction but frames the episode ethically: the abduction of Draupadī is presented as an adharma-driven act, and the narrative structure emphasizes that such wrongdoing becomes a cause for inevitable consequences and moral reckoning.
This is the closing statement of the chapter: it announces that the 264th chapter—focused on Jayadratha’s arrival within the Draupadī-abduction section of the Vana Parva—has concluded.