Shloka 100
रसातल-वर्णनम्
Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत भगवद्यानपर्वमें मातलिके द्वारा वरका खोजविषयक सौवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraśrīmahābhārata udyogaparvake antargata bhagavadyānaparvaṇi mātalike dvārā varakā-khojaviṣayaka sauvāṁ adhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ.
かくして、『シュリー・マハーバーラタ』の「ウド्योग・パルヴァ（Udyoga Parva）」中、「バガヴァドヤーナ章（Bhagavadyāna）」に属し、マータリ（Mātali）を通して相応しき婿を求める次第を語る第百章は終わる。この結語は一つの物語単位の完結を告げ、価値ある者を見極め正しく選ぶという、ダルマ（dharma）を底に支える主題を、同篇に満ちる大いなる政争の緊張のただ中においても明らかにする。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a brief colophon, the episode’s framing highlights discernment in choosing a ‘vara’ (worthy match): social and personal decisions are to be guided by fitness, virtue, and propriety—dimensions of dharma that remain relevant amid larger political and ethical conflicts.
This line is a concluding colophon stating that the hundredth chapter has ended; it identifies the larger placement (Udyoga Parva, within the Bhagavadyāna section) and notes that the chapter’s subject involved Mātali describing or conducting a search for a suitable bridegroom.