Shloka 23
कुन्त्याः वनगमननिश्चयः — Kuntī’s Resolve to Depart for the Forest
इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्राअ्रमगमने त्रयोविंशो 5 ध्याय:,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत आश्रमवासिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत आश्रमवासपर्वमें युधिष्ठिर आदिका ध्ृतराष्ट्रके आश्रमपर गमनविषयक तेईसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi āśramavāsaparvaṇi dhṛtarāṣṭrāśramagamane trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | itiprakāraṃ śrīmahābhārata āśramavāsikaparvake antargata āśramavāsaparvame yudhiṣṭhirādikā dhṛtarāṣṭrake āśramapara gamanaviṣayaka teīsavāṃ adhyāya pūrā huā |
अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या आश्रमवासिकपर्वातील आश्रमवास-प्रकरणात धृतराष्ट्राच्या आश्रमगमन व युधिष्ठिर आदींच्या तेथे जाण्याविषयीचा तेविसावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The chapter-colophon frames a moral transition: after the devastations of war and the burdens of rule, elders like Dhṛtarāṣṭra move toward withdrawal and austerity, while Yudhiṣṭhira’s response—going to meet him—signals dharma expressed as responsibility, reconciliation, and respectful care for elders even amid unresolved grief.
This is the concluding colophon of the chapter. It states that the twenty-third chapter ends, whose topic is Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s departure to an āśrama and the journey of Yudhiṣṭhira and others to that hermitage.