Shloka 56
दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें नलकर्तृक देवदौत्यविषयक छप्पनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata nalopākhyānaparvame nalakṛtṛka devadūtyaviṣayaka ṣaṭpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ
かくして、聖なる『マハーバーラタ』の林居篇（ヴァナ・パルヴァ）に収められた「ナラ物語」において、ナラによる天界の使者に関する説話を扱う第五十六章は終わる。この結語は一つの物語単位の完結を告げ、神々の介在する非凡な出来事のただ中にあっても、人の行いはダルマによって量られるべきことを教訓として示す。
नल उवाच
Educational Q&A
As a colophon, the verse’s function is to mark completion and to frame the preceding narrative as a coherent moral unit. It implicitly reinforces that the Nala episode is preserved not merely as story, but as instruction—highlighting dharma and ethical discernment even when events involve divine agencies.
This line is not a spoken verse of plot but an editorial/recensional closing statement: it announces that the fifty-sixth chapter—about Nala’s account involving a divine messenger—has concluded within the Nalopākhyāna section of the Vana Parva.