Shloka 239
Daitya-āśvāsana of Duryodhana; Karṇa’s assurance and the mobilization of the Kaurava host
इति श्रीमहाभारते वनपर्वणि घोषयात्रापर्वणि दुर्योधनप्रस्थाने एकोनचत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो<5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत घोषयात्रापर्वमें दुर्योधनप्रस्थानविषयक दो सौ उनतालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi ghoṣayātrāparvaṇi duryodhanaprasthāne ekonacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「かくして『聖マハーバーラタ』「森の巻（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）」のうち、『ゴーシャ・ヤートラー（牛群遠征）』の段において、ドゥリヨーダナ出立を述べる章は終わる。これが第239章である。」この結びの奥書は、出来事を叙事詩全体の道徳的枠組みに据える。すなわち、ドゥリヨーダナの権勢誇示とパーンダヴァへの挑発の意図は、森の物語の一環として記され、そこでは驕りと敵意がアダルマを深め、争いを早めるものとして繰り返し示される。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse does not teach through direct instruction; it frames the episode within the Mahābhārata’s ethical arc, where actions driven by pride and antagonism—such as Duryodhana’s provocative departure—are positioned as steps that intensify adharma and move society toward destructive conflict.
This is the formal closing statement for the chapter: it identifies the text (Mahābhārata), the larger book (Vana Parva), the internal section (Ghoṣa-yātrā), and the chapter’s subject (Duryodhana’s departure), and then marks the chapter as completed (the 239th).